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Chemistry World June 20, 2010 Jon Cartwright |
Carbon nanotubes boost battery power Researchers in the US claim to have created electrodes from carbon nanotubes that can make lithium-ion batteries some ten times more powerful than conventional models. |
IEEE Spectrum November 2007 Joel Schindall |
The Charge of the Ultra - Capacitors Nanotechnology takes energy storage beyond batteries. |
Chemistry World May 13, 2011 Laura Howes |
New carbon material boosts supercapacitors A new carbon based material for supercapacitor electrodes could allow them to store the same amount of energy as a lead-acid battery but with much faster charge times. |
Chemistry World March 15, 2012 Jon Cartwright |
DVD player burns graphene to disc Chemists in the US have used a standard DVD player to reduce films of graphite oxide to graphene. |
Chemistry World July 5, 2009 Simon Hadlington |
Novel chemical approach to graphene Researchers in the US have devised a new way to create graphene - sheets of carbon one atom thick that have extraordinary electronic properties - based upon a detailed understanding of the chemical structure of an important precursor of the material, graphite oxide. |
Chemistry World December 21, 2015 Tim Wogan |
Doped electrodes cram charge into supercapacitors A new supercapacitor electrode material has been created by Chinese researchers that can store much more energy than conventional supercapacitors. |
Chemistry World January 28, 2008 Lewis Brindley |
Graphene Sheets with Less Flap Researchers in Australia have developed a new way to make graphene, the atom-thin sheets that stack together to make the graphite found in pencil lead. |
Popular Mechanics February 29, 2008 Erik Sofge |
MIT Builds Efficient Nanowire Storage to Replace Car Batteries These particular arrays capture ions and give traditional rechargeable batteries a run for their money. |
Chemistry World November 18, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Ironing graphene sheets flat Rather than leaving 'ripples' characteristic of graphene sheets, the technique produces 'ultra flat' graphene which could be very useful for electrical applications. |
Chemistry World June 20, 2010 Simon Hadlington |
First graphene touchscreen Researchers in Korea and Japan have fabricated films of graphene - planar sheets of carbon one atom thick - measuring tens of centimetres. |
Chemistry World March 5, 2012 James Urquhart |
Simulating Your Way to a Better Supercapacitor Researchers have used computer simulations to elucidate how supercapacitors are able to store electric charge. |
Chemistry World October 15, 2014 Jennifer Newton |
Liming Dai: Integrating nanochemistry into the macroscopic world Liming Dai's expertise lies across the synthesis, chemical modification and device fabrication of conjugated polymers and carbon nanomaterials for energy-related and biomedical applications. |
Chemistry World December 10, 2008 Hayley Birch |
New routes to gram-scale graphene Australian researchers have reported making grams of graphene using nothing more complicated than sodium and ethanol |
Chemistry World November 2, 2015 Tim Wogan |
New lithium-air battery safe from water damage A lithium-air battery with superior efficiency and stability has been developed by researchers in the UK. |
Scientific American February 2009 Steven Ashley |
Graphene Electronics Inches Closer to Mass Production These carbon nanosheets are considered the future of smaller, faster and cheaper electronics |
Chemistry World June 10, 2010 Carol Stainer |
Hot tip makes light work of graphene circuit US researchers have 'drawn' tiny conductive lines on an insulating graphene oxide surface using the heated tip of an atomic force microscope that changes the local chemistry of the surface. |
Chemistry World April 25, 2013 Charlie Quigg |
Inorganic nanosheet to enhance batteries A graphene inspired electrode material that could help batteries hold more power has been developed by Chinese scientists. The large surface area of these cobalt oxide nanosheets is key to their electrochemical performance. |
IEEE Spectrum November 2010 Sinitskii & Tour |
Graphene Electronics, Unzipped By unrolling tiny carbon tubes, you can produce superthin sheets with truly extraordinary electronic properties |
Chemistry World September 8, 2011 Jon Cartwright |
Wonder material not so wonderful Contrary to the widely held view, chemists think graphene electrodes are mostly ineffective at transferring electrons, implying that graphene is a poor choice for sensing applications. |
IEEE Spectrum December 2008 Prachi Patel-Predd |
A Battery-Capacitor Hybrid for Hybrids Engineers give lead-acid batteries a makeover by crossing them with ultracapacitors. |
Chemistry World October 3, 2013 Jon Cartwright |
Graphene targets water treatment and carbon capture Researchers in South Korea have demonstrated that a membrane based on graphene and graphene oxide makes an effective filter to separate carbon dioxide from nitrogen gas. |
Chemistry World October 19, 2011 Kate McAlpine |
Ironing Out the Wrinkles in Graphene Ribbon Fabrication Building graphene on a wrinkled surface allows researchers to cut out parallel graphene nanoribbons. |
Chemistry World May 17, 2009 Jon Cartwright |
Carbon electrodes help form high capacity lithium-sulfur batteries Chemists in Canada have used a carbon framework to form an electrode in lithium-sulfur batteries that results in charge capacities several times greater than standard lithium ion batteries. |
Chemistry World January 25, 2012 Kate McAlpine |
Conjuring graphene oxide from thin air Researchers on the hunt for a better way to recycle carbon dioxide have turned it into graphene oxide. |
Chemistry World September 26, 2011 Simon Hadlington |
Electric vehicles set to charge ahead 'There is a big effort to improve lithium ion batteries for electric vehicles and largely the outcome will be dictated by how the consumer reacts,' says Daniel Abraham, a battery expert at the Argonne National Laboratory in the US. |
Chemistry World January 29, 2009 James Urquhart |
Graphene to graphane by chemical conversion An international research team have successfully converted graphene - sheets of carbon just a single layer of atoms thick - into its hydrogenated equivalent, graphane. |
Chemistry World August 14, 2007 Lewis Brindley |
Origami Batteries Unfurled Scientists in the US have developed ultra-thin batteries by integrating carbon nanotubes into the structure of paper. |
Popular Mechanics December 20, 2007 Logan Ward |
New Nanowire Battery Life Reaches From iPods to Electric Cars Lithium-ion batteries that power most devices may soon be able to hold 10 times as much power. |
Chemistry World February 15, 2010 Andy Extance |
Reversing attraction shrinks car batteries Transforming the most important attractive force acting between molecules into a repulsive one could enable US scientists to nearly halve the size of lithium-ion batteries. |
Fast Company August 8, 2011 Rachel Z. Arndt |
Paula Hammond On Creating Batteries That Release Energy Rapidly Here comes the next generation of innovators revolutionizing batteries. Paula Hammond makes superthin batteries that can store a lot of energy and discharge -- and charge -- rapidly. |
Technology Research News September 22, 2004 Kimberly Patch |
Fuel Cell Converts Waste to Power One problem with fuel cells is that they produce carbon monoxide, which can gum up the works. Researchers have found a way to use the carbon monoxide to produce more energy in a reaction that can take place at room temperature. |
Chemistry World July 30, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Graphene Sensor Achieves Ultimate Sensitivity An international team of researchers has achieved the ultimate in sensitivity - a gas sensor capable of detecting a single molecule. The sensor is based on graphene, a sheet of carbon a single atom thick. |
Technology Research News March 23, 2005 |
Nanotubes juice super batteries A relatively simple and inexpensive way to form a new type of thin film supercapacitor from multi-wall carbon nanotubes. |
IEEE Spectrum April 2009 Monica Heger |
Flexible, Printable Supercapacitor Built Printable electronics now have a printable energy-storage option |
Chemistry World December 3, 2013 Emily James |
Lithium -- sulfur batteries ready to go the distance A non-stop trip from London to Paris in an eco-friendly car could soon be possible, if powered by the latest lithium -- sulfur battery created by scientists in the US. |
Chemistry World December 2, 2013 Stephen McCarthy |
Scorched hair makes supercapacitors greener Researchers in China have used human hair to make a vital component of energy-storage devices. The discovery could lead to more efficient and environmentally-friendly replacements for traditional batteries. |
Chemistry World September 25, 2015 Matthew Gunther |
Alkaline flow battery charges up renewable energy storage Scientists in the US have developed an alkaline flow battery that they hope will help to tackle the tricky problem of storing energy from renewable power sources such as wind and solar. |
Chemistry World April 7, 2015 Tim Wogan |
Super-fast charging aluminium batteries ready to take on lithium A new rival to the lithium-ion battery has been created that charges in under a minute and still performs almost perfectly after being recharged thousands of times. |
Chemistry World October 5, 2010 Phillip Broadwith |
Graphene scoops the physics Nobel This year's Nobel prize for physics has been awarded to Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov for the discovery of graphene - single-atom-thick layers of carbon. |
Technology Research News December 1, 2004 Kimberly Patch |
Solar Cell Doubles as Battery Scientists have designed a single, compact device that can both convert solar energy to electricity and store the electricity. |
Chemistry World January 28, 2010 Lewis Brindley |
Better batteries with nano-cables Nano-sized cables made with titanium dioxide-coated carbon nanotubes could hold the key to developing new high-capacity batteries, report chemists in Germany and China. |
Chemistry World June 25, 2015 Emma Stoye |
Graphene oxide 'teabags' make a mercury-free brew Water-cleaning tea bags containing a porous graphene oxide foam have been developed by researchers in Portugal, who say they can help purify water by removing dissolved mercury. |
Chemistry World August 13, 2012 Hayley Birch |
Graphene reactions driven by substrate not reactant In chemical reactions, the reactants determine the level of reactivity. Not for graphene though -- the one-atom-thick sheets of carbon can react vigorously or barely at all to the same chemicals, depending on the substrate they're sitting on. |
Chemistry World September 26, 2012 James Urquhart |
Graphene speaks volumes Graphene might be a suitable material, particularly owing to its high thermal conductivity, very low heat capacity and its ability to form free-standing membranes. Single and multiple layers of graphene can generate thermoacoustic sound on a range of substrates. |
Chemistry World May 10, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
New Electrode Material for High-Capacity Lithium Batteries US researchers presented details of a new electrode material for rechargeable batteries which, they claim, can store almost twice as much charge as conventional electrodes. |
Chemistry World January 18, 2011 Philippa Ross |
Pig power for batteries Scientists in China have developed an electrode for lithium-sulfur batteries using pig bones as a cheap and renewable carbon source. |
Chemistry World February 25, 2011 Rebecca Brodie |
Bendy batteries a step closer Scientists from Korea have found that with the use of graphene nanosheets, the fabrication of bendable power sources is possible. |
Chemistry World November 15, 2006 Michael Gross |
Nanoribbons Put Electrons in a Spin A small ribbon made of the carbon honeycomb pattern found in graphite and nanotubes could display intriguing electronic properties and serve as a material for spin-based electronics (spintronics), researchers have predicted. |
Technology Research News September 22, 2004 |
Nanotubes on Cloth Fire Electrons Researchers have found that nanotubes grown on rough surfaces like carbon cloth can be coaxed to emit electrons using extremely low electric fields. |
Technology Research News December 29, 2004 |
Sapphire Steps Shape Nanotubes Arrays Researchers have found that it is possible to grow carbon nanotubes along atom-size steps on a sapphire surface. |