Jul
6
Current Lithium Batteries Could Be 3 Times Better
July 6, 2016 | 2 Comments
Paul Scherrer Institut materials researchers have developed a very simple and cost-effective procedure for significantly enhancing the performance of conventional lithium-ion rechargeable batteries by up to 300%. They said the procedure is scalable in size, so the use of rechargeable batteries would be optimized in all areas of application – whether in wristwatches, smartphones, laptops […]
Jul
5
Breakthrough Catalyst Makes CO2 Back Into a Hydrocarbon
July 5, 2016 | 1 Comment
Researchers at Ruhr-Universitaet-Bochum have discovered a catalyst that performs the highly selective conversion and recycling of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into ethylene. Ethylene, commonly found with natural gas, or distilled or cracked from crude oil, is an important source material for the chemical industry. The team headed by Professor Dr. Beatriz Roldan Cuenya from […]
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