Materiales
Materiales
Towards novel promising perovskite-type ferroelectric materials: High-pressure synthesis of rubidium niobate
28/04/2024
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Capacitors are crucial components in electronic devices such as smartphones and computers. They are made of dielectric materials that polarize on the application of the voltage. Currently, barium...
A strategy to boost the efficiency of perovskite/organic solar cells
28/04/2024
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In recent years, researchers have been experimenting with a wide range of solar cell designs in the hope of facilitating their widespread deployment. Organic solar cells based on perovskite materials...
Scientists are shaking up lithium extraction with a different kind of chemistry
28/04/2024
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When people think of chemistry, the image that typically comes to mind is a variety of colored liquids in beakers, flasks, and test tubes in a lab. But in actual practice, chemistry can involve...
Built-in bionic computing: Researchers develop method to control pneumatic artificial muscles
28/04/2024
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Creating robots to safely aid disaster victims is one challenge; executing flexible robot control that takes advantage of the material's softness is another. The use of pliable soft materials to...
Researcher develop high-performance amorphous p-type oxide semiconductor
28/04/2024
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Researchers have collaborated on the development of a tellurium-selenium composite oxide semiconductor material. Their efforts led to the successful creation of a high-performance and highly stable...
A framework to compare lithium battery testing data and results during operation
28/04/2024
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Reliably monitoring the amount of lithium (Li) present in rechargeable batteries, specifically in the so-called cathode active material (CAM), is key to understanding the condition of batteries from...
New approach could make reusing captured carbon far cheaper, less energy-intensive
28/04/2024
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Engineers at Georgia Tech have designed a process that converts carbon dioxide removed from the air into useful raw material that could be used for new plastics, chemicals, or fuels.
Recovering phosphorus from sewage sludge ash to address problem of diminishing supplies of phosphorus ores
28/04/2024
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Valuable supplies of phosphorus could be recovered from sewage sludge ash, which remains after the sludge has been burned for electric power generation. The method has been developed by chemical...
Thiol-ene click reaction offers a novel approach to fabricate elastic ferroelectrics
28/04/2024
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A research group led by Prof. Li Runwei and Hu Benlin at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a facile and efficient...
High-energy-density capacitors with 2D nanomaterials could significantly enhance energy storage
25/04/2024
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In the quest for more efficient and sustainable energy solutions, a multi-university research team has reached a significant milestone in capacitor technology. Researchers from the University of...
Freeze casting—a guide to creating hierarchically structured materials
25/04/2024
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Freeze casting is an elegant, cost-effective manufacturing technique to produce highly porous materials with custom-designed hierarchical architectures, well-defined pore orientation, and...
Chemical rope trick at molecular level: Mechanism research helps when 'trial and error' fails
25/04/2024
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In most industrial chemical reactions, catalysts combine with the starting materials and accompany them through intermediate stages to the product. In chemistry, this pathway is known as the reaction...
Mask-inspired perovskite smart windows enhance weather resistance and energy efficiency
25/04/2024
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Thermochromic perovskite is a new color switch material used in energy-saving smart windows. Despite its potential for energy savings, thermochromic perovskite suffers from poor weather resistance,...
A simple 'twist' improves the engine of clean fuel generation
24/04/2024
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Researchers have found a way to super-charge the 'engine' of sustainable fuel generation—by giving the materials a little twist.
Storing and utilizing energy with innovative sulfur-based cathodes
24/04/2024
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Electric vehicles and portable electronic devices such as laptops and mobile phones are unthinkable without lithium-ion batteries. The problem is highly toxic materials such as cobalt are often used...
Unconventional technology enhances composites important to automotive, aerospace and renewable energy industries
24/04/2024
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Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a method that demonstrates how fiber-reinforced polymer composite materials used in the automotive, aerospace and...
Researchers develop eggshell 'bioplastic' pellet as sustainable alternative to plastic
24/04/2024
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What if there was plastic-like material that could absorb excess nutrients from water and be used as a fertilizer when it decomposes? That product—a "bioplastic" material—has been...
Single-walled carbon nanotubes doped with 'nitrogen' enhance the performance of secondary battery anode
24/04/2024
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Researchers have developed a new manufacturing technique for "silicon/nitrogen-doped carbon composite anode materials." These materials aim to enhance the capacity and stability of...
Transporting hazardous materials across the country isn't easy—that's why there's a host of regulations in place
24/04/2024
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Ever wonder what those colorful signs with symbols and numbers on the backs of trucks mean? They're just one visible part of a web of regulations that aim to keep workers and the environment safe...
Extracting high-purity gold from electrical and electronic waste
23/04/2024
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Korea relies on imports for most of its metal resources, and in recent years, due to resource depletion and rising raw material prices, 'circular resources' that recycle waste metal resources have...
Scientists fabricate composites that combine high strength and bioactivity inspired by the cortical bone
23/04/2024
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Researchers have created scaffolds with enhanced strength by fabricating 20 vol% polydopamine-modified nano hydroxyapatite (pDA-nHA), featuring a distinctive lamellar structure. These scaffolds were...