Flexible tapes from the nanoworld
Munich, Germany (SPX) Aug 18, 2014 -
Dr. Wilhelm Auwarter and his team are working on a research project to develop tiny flat molecule tapes at the Department of Physics of Technische Universitat Munchen (TUM). These structures could find versatile applications. Via direct coupling on a silver surface, the scientists successfully formed dimers and short chains of porphine molecules without contaminating by-products.
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Could hemp nanosheets topple graphene for making the ideal supercapacitor?
San Francisco CA (SPX) Aug 18, 2014 -
As hemp makes a comeback in the U.S. after a decades-long ban on its cultivation, scientists are reporting that fibers from the plant can pack as much energy and power as graphene, long-touted as the model material for supercapacitors.
They're presenting their research, which a Canadian start-up company is working on scaling up, at the 248th National Meeting and Exposition of the American ...
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Graphene-based planar micro-supercapacitors for on-chip energy storage
Mainz, Germany (SPX) Aug 18, 2014 -
The rapid development of miniaturized portable electronic devices, such as micro-electromechanical systems, microrobots and implantable medical devices, has stimulated intense demand for micro-scale power sources.
Although miniaturized micro-batteries that store energy by redox reactions provide the most frequently used micro-power source for current portable electronics on chip, their lim ...
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Copper foam turns CO2 into useful chemicals
Providence RI (SPX) Aug 18, 2014 -
A catalyst made from a foamy form of copper has vastly different electrochemical properties from catalysts made with smooth copper in reactions involving carbon dioxide, a new study shows. The research, by scientists in Brown University's Center for the Capture and Conversion of CO2, suggests that copper foams could provide a new way of converting excess CO2 into useful industrial chemicals.
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Eco-friendly 'pre-fab nanoparticles' could revolutionize nano manufacturing
Amherst MA (SPX) Aug 18, 2014 -
A team of materials chemists, polymer scientists, device physicists and others at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have reported a breakthrough technique for controlling molecular assembly of nanoparticles over multiple length scales that should allow faster, cheaper, more ecologically friendly manufacture of organic photovoltaics and other electronic devices. Details are in the current i ...
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NRG Reaches Agreement to Acquire Goal Zero
Princeton NJ (SPX) Aug 18, 2014 -
NRG Energy have reached an agreement that brings the rapidly growing consumer products company into the NRG family of companies. The acquisition aligns with NRG's mission to lead the market in offering cleaner, smarter choices and sustainable lifestyle solutions to end use energy consumers across the country.
"The ultimate manifestation of distributed clean generation is personal power. On ...
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Stinky gases emanating from landfills could transform into clean energy
San Francisco CA (SPX) Aug 18, 2014 -
A new technique that transforms stinky, air-polluting landfill gas could produce the sweet smell of success as it leads to development of a fuel cell generating clean electricity for homes, offices and hospitals, researchers say. The advance would convert methane gas into hydrogen, an efficient, clean form of energy.
The researcher's report is part of the 248th National Meeting of the Amer ...
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