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Simple Synthesis of Pore Highways Inside of Catalysts
House-of-Cards structure leads to improved zeolite catalyst.
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Underground Storage of Carbon Dioxide—as a Solid
Nanoscale features in rocks enable more carbon dioxide to be trapped as a solid carbonate material underground.
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New Superhard Form of Carbon Dents Diamond
Squeezing creates new class of material built from clusters of carbon atoms.
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Future Solar Cells: Thinner, Brighter, and Better
New theory describes light management in thin-film solar cells.
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New Catalytic Approach Builds Molecules with Specific Functionality More...
Rapid creation of carbon-fluorine bonds may lead to improved production of drugs, agrochemicals and positron emission tomography (PET) tracers.
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Mimicking Photosynthesis for Production of Solar Fuels
A step closer to an artificial system using sunlight to produce hydrogen from water
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Adding Nanocavities to Catalyst Surfaces Enhances Chemical Selectivity
Adding an oxide sieve, a layer containing nanocavities, to a catalyst surface makes the catalyst selective for specific reactions and increases efficiencies for chemical processes.
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Fabricating Nanowire Lasers
Precise control of nanowire geometry and optical environment enables tuning of lasing properties.
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Bridging the Nano-World and the Real World in Polymer Solar Cells
Discovering how polymer organization on the molecular level affects electric charge movement in organic solar cells.
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Two for the Price of One: Water and Carbon Dioxide Splitting via a Single...
A simple, robust catalyst is capable of both water oxidation and carbon dioxide splitting, two difficult yet key reactions for solar energy conversion.
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Absorbing More of the Rainbow with Polymer-Based Organic Photovoltaics
Using newly synthesized polymers results in enhanced light harvesting capabilities and an unprecedented generation of photocurrent.
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Mapping Subsurface CO2 Migration
New computational technique creates high resolution maps of subsurface CO2 after geologic sequestration.
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An Unexpected Heat Wave
Observation of wavelike heat conduction reveals new possibilities for tailoring thermal transport through wave effects.
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Double the Charge from One Photon in Organic Photovoltaics
First observation of key intermediate state in the conversion of one photon to two electrons.
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Understanding Nature’s Choreography in Batteries
Charge-discharge chemistry for lithium ion batteries elucidated by theoretical calculations.
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Nano-Composite Designs for Energy Storage
Nano-porous metal oxide coatings on carbon fiber dramatically enhance the electrical storage capacity for supercapacitors.
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Making the Right Substitution for Better Thermoelectrics
Exploiting the self-organizing nature of atoms to block heat transfer and improve thermal-to-electrical energy conversion.
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What Causes High-temperature Superconductivity?
A phase change at absolute zero temperature may provide key insights into the decades-old mystery of high-temperature superconductivity.
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Discovery of New Materials to Capture Methane
Predicted materials could economically produce high-purity methane from natural gas systems and separate methane from coal mine ventilation systems.
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The Best of Both Worlds
Researchers create materials that can store lots of energy and deliver it quickly.
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Fewer Steps to Higher Octane Gasoline in Petroleum Refining
A novel metal-organic framework (MOF) efficiently separates higher octane components from the low value ones, offering great potential for significant cost reduction in gasoline production.
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Two-for-One Deal for Photovoltaics
Process doubles photocurrent from visible sunlight in organic solar cells.
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Mediating Biofuel Complexity through “Mediator” Modification
Research points to more efficient and lower cost routes to high-yield biomass-derived renewable fuels.
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Inside Ice Under High Pressure
New insights from neutron diffraction reveal changes to atomic structure.
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Towards a Tunable Graphene-like Two-Dimensional Material
Researchers have created a porous, layered material that can serve as a graphene analog, and which may be a tool for storing energy and investigating the physics of unusual materials.
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Precision Nanobatteries by the Billions
Tiny batteries made in nanopores manage ions and electrons for high power and extended life.
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Carbon Nanothreads from Compressed Benzene
One-dimensional material has a diamond-like building block.
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Carbon Sequestration in New Mexico’s Bravo Dome
Study of natural reservoir provides new clues for the long-term viability of geological carbon dioxide storage.
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Stacking Semiconductors for Artificial Photosynthesis
Nanowire-based design incorporates two semiconductors to enhance absorption of light.
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The World’s Thinnest Proton Channel
Atomic-scale defects in graphene are shown to selectively allow protons to pass through a barrier that is just one carbon atom thick.
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Cooperative Carbon Capture by a Novel Material that Mimics a Plant Enzyme
Innovative materials adsorb carbon dioxide via an unprecedented cooperative insertion mechanism.
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Magnetic Dance at the Threshold of Superconductivity
Near the onset of superconductivity, continuous exchange of electrons occurs between distinct, liquid-like magnetic phases in an iron-based superconductor.
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Tracking Hidden Imperfections Inside Operating Lithium-ion Batteries
Penetrating x-rays can image defects and phase changes during battery charging and discharging.
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“High-Occupancy” Vehicle (HOV) Battery
Towards higher energy density batteries: singly charged lithium ions replaced by doubly charged magnesium ions.
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Greater than the Sum of Its Parts
Combining two types of catalysts speeds conversion of carbon dioxide into an industrial feedstock.
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How to Fix Blinking Light-Emitting Nanoparticles
Scientists identified defects responsible for detrimental blinking that limits nanoparticle use in LEDs, solar cells, and lasers.
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Keep ’Em Separated
The metal-organic framework NU-1000 allows separation of toxic furanics from sugars, which is necessary for efficient ethanol production.
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Squeezing Molecules Guides Chemistry
Neutron-scattering studies reveal surprising formation of ammonia after acetonitrile is turned into graphitic polymer, opening doors for catalyst-free industrial reactions at room temperature.
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Speeding Up Catalysts for Energy Storage
Researchers develop the fastest synthetic catalyst for producing hydrogen gas, potentially leading to a new environmentally friendly, affordable fuel.
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When Strontium is Away, Iridium Comes Out to Play
Developing a highly active and acid-stable catalyst for water splitting could significantly impact solar energy technologies.
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The Tricky Trifecta of Solar Cells
The quest for solar cell materials that are inexpensive, stable, and efficient leads to a breakthrough in thin film organic-inorganic perovskites.
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Two for the Price of One: Exceeding 100 Percent Efficiency in Solar Fuel...
Scientists capture excess light energy to produce fuel, essentially storing sunlight’s energy for a rainy day.
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Bending the Laws of Thermodynamics for Enhanced Material Design
Wide metastable composition ranges are possible in alloys of semiconductors with different crystal structures.
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Flavins Perform Electron Magic
Researchers discover the secret behind the third way living organisms extract energy from their environment.
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A Molecular Zipper for Efficient Gas Separation
Metal-organic frameworks with chains of iron centers adsorb and release carbon monoxide with very little energy input.
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Electron Injection Transforms a Thin Film
Simply applying a small voltage dramatically changes the atomic structure, vital to creating materials for advanced computer memory.
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Forcing the Hand of Elusive Electrons
Current generated when light hits a material reveals electrons behaving like an elusive particle.
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Nanocrystals Lock-In the Correct Phase
Precise control of surface chemistry leads to efficient, stable perovskite solar cells.
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Solving a Magnesium Mystery in Rechargeable Battery Performance
Study reveals surprising, bad chemical reactivity in battery components previously considered compatible.
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Scaling Up Single-Crystal Graphene
New method can make films of atomically thin carbon that are over a foot long.
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