New binding molecules formed a protective layer after charging and discharging, making a promising battery component more stable.
Switchgrass cultivated during a year of severe drought inhibited microbial fermentation and resulting biofuel production.
The quest for solar cell materials that are inexpensive, stable, and efficient leads to a breakthrough in thin film organic-inorganic perovskites.
Method could help scientists learn new ways to boost photovoltaic efficiency.
Scientists offer new insights into how the source of electrons, or cathode, fails.
Self-healing diamond-like carbon coating could revolutionize lubrication.
Scientists determined new molecular-level information at the solid/liquid interface, pushing toward better energy storage devices.
Microporous polymer separator prevents specific molecules from crossing battery and causing degradation and shorter lifetimes.
New findings will help extend the lifetime of catalysts used to process bio-oils in liquid systems.
Tiny “match-head” wires act as built-in light concentrators, enhancing solar cell efficiency.
Researchers have attained superlubricity, the near absence of friction, at a carbon-silica interface using nanodiamonds wrapped in graphene flakes.
Concentrating noble-metal catalyst atoms on the surface of porous nano-frame alloys shows over thirty-fold increase in performance.
