Jun
4
A researcher team at MIT led by professors Evelyn Wang and Jing Kong, has developed a way of coating copper with graphene. An important use would be condensing steam back to water. A thin coating on copper condensers could make power plants more efficient, the MIT scientists report. Most of the world’s electricity-producing power plants […]
Jun
3
A New Designer Carbon Boosts Battery Performance
June 3, 2015 | Leave a Comment
Stanford University scientists have created a new carbon material that significantly improves the performance of batteries and supercapacitors. Zhenan Bao, the senior author of the study and a professor of chemical engineering at Stanford said, “We have developed a ‘designer carbon’ that is both versatile and controllable. Our study shows that this material has exceptional […]
Jun
2
The Key Reaction In Sodium Air Batteries Found
June 2, 2015 | Leave a Comment
University of Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology chemists have discovered the key reaction that takes place in sodium-air batteries that could pave the way for development of the so-called holy grail of electrochemical energy storage. Researchers led by Professor Linda Nazar who holds the Canada Research Chair in Solid State Energy Materials, have described a key […]
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