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Mimicking Nature - A Step Towards Artificial Photosynthesis
Photosynthetic bacteria are inspiring design of light harvesting antenna.
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Purple Bacteria Develops Its Own Form of "Sunscreen"
Targeting pigments to protect against light damage may aid design of new light harvesting systems.
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Design of Bulk Nanocomposites as High Efficiency Thermoelectric Materials
A newly synthesized bulk thermoelectric material that contains nanocrystals with the same orientation and structure as the host material breaks thermoelectric efficiency records by blocking thermal, but not electrical, conductivity.
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High–Power Electrodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries
Novel 3-D anode design holds more charge and delivers it faster than conventional lithium-ion anodes while maintaining mechanical stability.
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Tuning Pore Size to Enhance the Capacitance of Supercapacitors
Simulations predict that matching the pore size with the electrolyte ion size will allow nanoporous supercapacitors to store more charge.<br/>
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Understanding Drooping Light Emitting Diodes CEEM
Calculations reveal that upper limits to LED light intensity are caused by multi-particle interactions.
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Radiation Resistant Foams
Experiments and computer simulations demonstrate that nanoscale gold foams can be designed for radiation resistance.
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Self-Healing of Structural Damage to Restore Performance of Electrical Circuits
Liquid-metal-filled microcapsules extend lifetime and reliability of electronic devices by targeting damage and restoring conductive pathways.
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Optimizing Photovoltaic Materials One Molecule at a Time
Recent single molecule studies reveal that a simple polymer processing technique can effectively control the conformation of individual polymer chains in photovoltaic materials.
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The Twists and Turns of Battery Charging
The first ever real time movie of lithium ions charging a nano-sized battery may enable researchers to design safer, longer lasting, and more powerful batteries.
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Laser-Light Creates Nanostructured Thermoelectric Material
High intensity laser-light may improve the heat-to-electricity conversion efficiency of Sb2Te3, a key material used in thermoelectric devices, by inducing the crystallization of nm-scaled particles in the Sb2Te3 film.
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Fast Electrocatalyst Oxidizes Hydrogen
The world’s fastest synthetic molecular electrocatalyst for hydrogen oxidation has been designed, synthesized, and tested by researchers at the Center for Molecular Electrocatalysis, a multi-institutional Energy Frontier Research Center led by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).
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