Chinese scientists have demonstrated an innovative one-step approach for synthesizing cerium oxide for use in high-performance supercapacitors. Their findings have been published online in the Journal of Energy Storage.
Industry uses magnetic materials in applications ranging from data storage and cell phones to motors and sensors. Researchers are always looking for new magnetic particles as the technology moves to smaller and smaller scales. In this study, researchers first theoretically predicted, designed, and then synthesized a new, extremely small, thermally stable magnetic nanoparticle.
Writing in Ceramics International, a team of researchers from the University of Wollongong in Australia and Zhengzhou University in China have presented a study on the influence of graphene nanoplatelets on geopolymer composites.
Combination reactions are used to create complex molecular structures, when two carbon atoms from different hydrocarbons are combined.
In an article recently published in the journal ACS Applied Energy Materials, researchers discussed the improved thermoelectric performance by investigating the carrier dynamics of polymer composites with single and hybrid carbon nanotube fillers.
An international team of scientists from Morocco, India, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the US have collaborated on a comparative review of recent advances in nanocomposite membranes for water filtration. Their findings have appeared in the journal Materials.
Efficient adsorbents for industrial wastewater treatment are important to minimize potential environmental damage. In particular, organic dyes, as a significant group of industrial pollutants, are usually highly water soluble, non-degradable and many are toxic to carcinogenic.
Thanks to their low toxicity, chemical stability, and remarkable electrical and optical properties, carbon-based nanomaterials are finding more and more applications across electronics, energy conversion and storage, catalysis, and biomedicine.
Kioxia Corporation, the world leader in memory solutions, today announced the launch of the second generation of XL-FLASH™, a Storage Class Memory (SCM) solution based on its BiCS FLASH™ 3D flash memory technology, which significantly reduces bit cost while providing high performance and low latency.
For applications like the power grid, aqueous zinc batteries have the capacity to take part as a key feature in future energy storage systems with their economical cost and substantiality.