Jul
15
Carbon Nanotubes May Replace Platinum To Produce Hydrogen
July 15, 2014 | 1 Comment
Rutgers researchers have developed a technology using carbon nanotubes in place of platinum to produce hydrogen. The technology could overcome platinum’s major cost barrier to making clean-burning hydrogen fuel. The new technology is a novel catalyst that performs almost as well as cost-prohibitive platinum for so-called electrolysis reactions, which use electric currents to split water […]
Nov
30
Combining Graphene and Nanotubes for Electrodes
November 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Rice University chemist James Tour led his researchers to successfully growing forests of carbon nanotubes that rise quickly from sheets of graphene to astonishing lengths of up to 120 microns forming a single surface with three dimensions. The seamless graphene/nanotube hybrid creation may be the best electrode interface material possible for many energy storage and […]
Aug
2
A New Source Of Magnetism Discovered By Accident
August 2, 2010 | 6 Comments
A new magnetic effect was discovered by accident when a UC Berkeley postdoctoral researcher and several students grew graphene on the surface of a platinum crystal. Graphene is a one atom-thick sheet of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal pattern, that looks like chicken wire. Examination showed when grown on platinum, the carbon atoms do […]
Jun
28
A New and Very Big Lithium Ion Battery Claim
June 28, 2010 | 14 Comments
When it comes to batteries one gets a little jaded by all the press releases and stories. A check back to two years ago about the breakthroughs at that time shows little has come to the market. Yet the research field is packed with innovation trying to build up more capacity and recharge cycles. The […]
Feb
10
A Battery That Can Be Made Into Panels
February 10, 2010 | 3 Comments
Researchers from Imperial College London, their European partners, and the Volvo Car Corporation, are expanding development of a prototype battery material which can store and discharge electrical energy. The material is also strong and lightweight enough to be used for car parts and can be shaped to fit into panels as needed. The researchers expect […]
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