Not exact matches
Nickel - based
oxides — nickelates — have long been considered
as potential cuprate analogs because the element sits immediately adjacent to copper in the periodic table.
A team of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has identified a
nickel oxide compound
as an unconventional but promising candidate material for high - temperature superconductivity.
When applied to semiconducting materials such
as silicon, the
nickel oxide film prevents rust buildup and facilitates an important chemical process in the solar - driven production of fuels such
as methane or hydrogen.
These new catalysts are produced through the simultaneous control of the: 1) composition, 2) size and 3) crystallinity of metal
oxides of earth - abundant elements such
as iron, cobalt and
nickel.
Researchers at the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, have developed a new catalyst based on
nickel oxide on magnesium
oxide (NiO / MgO) that is effective for the bi-reforming with steam and CO2 (combined steam and dry reforming) of methane
as well
as natural gas... Read more →
The coating is a
nickel oxide film that prevents rusts building - up on the semiconductor electrodes (silicon or gallium arsenide), while also acting
as a highly reactive catalysis.