Superior TNOx/HRGO hybrid anode for lithium-ion batteries

Researchers have significantly enhanced the performance of titanium niobium oxides for lithium-ion batteries

11-Aug-2020 - In a paper published in NANO, a team of researchers from Chengdu Development Center of Science and Technology have significantly enhanced the performance of titanium niobium oxides for lithium-ion batteries. This has applications in electric vehicles and mobile electronics. Due to its high ...

Novel approach to enhance performance of graphitic carbon nitride

19-Mar-2020 - In a report published in NANO, scientists from the Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Guangdong University of Petrochemical technology, Gannan Medical University and Nanchang Hangkong University in China underline the importance of defect engineering to promote catalytic performance by ...

Neutral Zinc-air battery with cathode NiCo/C-N shows outstanding performance

16-Apr-2019 - A team of researchers from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Hunan University of Science and Technology have proposed a novel strategy for the synthesis of non-precious metal catalysts in zinc-air batteries that do not compromise its electroactivity, affordability and ...

Researchers reveal the growth of graphene near polycrystalline substrate grain boundaries

30-Aug-2018 - In a paper published in NANO, a team of researchers from the Laboratory of Graphene Mechanics (LogM), Zhejiang University has shown how the morphological structure of a catalytic substrate influences the growth of graphene on it. This provides more guidance on the synthesis of high-quality ...

Revealing high performance CNT catalyst relating to its electroconductivity

17-Jan-2018 - Recent research showed biofuels were obtained from Jatropha Oil using carbon nanotube (CNT) catalyst, which showed efficient cracking activity. The performance was activated by the high stability, metal sites, acid sites, electroconductivity, and coking tolerance of CNT. Two cracking circulations ...

3-D paper-based microbial fuel cell operating under continuous flow condition

05-Jul-2016 - A team of researchers from the Iowa State University in Ames, IA has demonstrated a proof-of-concept three-dimensional paper-based microbial fuel cell (MFC) that could take advantage of capillary action to guide the liquids through the MFC system and to eliminate the need for external power. The ...