Sentences with phrase «for electrochemical»

Performed surface engineering of 3D carbon microstructures by integrating carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene for electrochemical applications.

A low - cost, nanostructured composite material developed by researchers at UC Santa Cruz has shown performance comparable to Pt / C as a catalyst for the electrochemical splitting of water to produce hydrogen.

A nanostructured composite material developed at UC Santa Cruz has shown impressive performance as a catalyst for the electrochemical splitting of water to produce...

In a paper published in Chemical Science, an open access journal of the Royal Society of Chemistry, researchers in the lab of Ellen Matson, assistant professor of chemistry, describe modifying a metal - oxide cluster, which has promising electroactive properties, so that it is nearly twice as effective as the unmodified cluster for electrochemical energy storage in a redox flow battery.

Surface structure engineering of Cu thin films for electrochemical CO2 reduction.

Ionic compounds for electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide.

Reaction mechanisms for the electrochemical reduction of CO2 on the Cu (100) surface from quantum mechanics free energy calculations with explicit water.

Insights into the factors governing the activity and selectivity of Cu for the electrochemical reduction of CO2 to fuels.

Preparation and characterization of superporous agarose — reticulated vitreous carbon electrodes as platforms for electrochemical bioassays.

Factors affecting the activity and selectivity of Cu for the electrochemical reduction of CO2.

Unemoto, A., Matsuo, M. & Orimo, S. Complex hydrides for electrochemical energy storage.

At the time, Bell Labs was developing liquid - junction photovoltaics (a type of solar cell that employs liquid electrolytes), which seemed like a nice fit for her electrochemical training.

Nitrogen - doped mesoporous carbon of extraordinary capacitance for electrochemical energy storage

Nanostructured materials have shown extraordinary promise for electrochemical energy storage, but these materials are usually limited to laboratory cells with ultrathin electrodes and very low mass loadings.

Dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) is a good choice for electrochemical applications, but it unfortunately reacts with sodium to form products that can be problematic.

A nanostructured composite material developed at UC Santa Cruz has shown impressive performance as a catalyst for the electrochemical splitting of water to produce hydrogen.

Currently, the most efficient catalysts for the electrochemical reaction that generates hydrogen from water are based on platinum, which is scarce and expensive.

Until now, metal - organic frameworks were considered poor conductors and not very useful for electrochemical reactions.

Not exact matches

Sure, we've had some hearts stop for some amazing lengths of time and been able to revive people before they go completely brain dead and there are many claim from people about their NDE's but I do not believe they are seeing anything more than a few screens of our brains operating system reboot sequence since we are but electrochemical biomechanical machines.

Lithium - ion batteries are approaching fundamental electrochemical limits on the density of energy they can store, while their cost is nearing its floor, too — something particularly problematic for larger - scale applications.

Neuronal activity typically requires sensory input — for example, a taste or smell — that gets received by neurons» dendrites and then transmitted as an electrochemical message to other cells via long axons.

At present, Loh's research interest cover electrochemical energy conversions, biological treatment of industrial effluents, bioremediation of soil and oily sludges, and bioreactor design for wastewater treatment.

«We demonstrated for the first time that ceramics could help advance thermophotovoltaics as well other areas of research, including energy harvesting from waste heat, high - temperature catalysis and electrochemical energy storage.»

To find catalytic material suitable for both electrodes, the Stanford team borrowed a technique used in battery research called lithium - induced electrochemical tuning.

The researchers show for the first time that the fungus Neurospora crassa can transform manganese into a mineral composite with favorable electrochemical properties.

The investigators ran a series of standard electrochemical tests on the porous microspheres to quantify their potential for use in electronic devices.

«We believe that electrochemical tuning can be used to find new catalysts for other chemical fuels beyond hydrogen.

This system therefore suggests a novel biotechnological method for the preparation of sustainable electrochemical materials.»

The investigators hope to improve even further on these electrochemical properties by optimizing their process and allowing for doping or modification of the raw materials.

They used scanning electrochemical cell microscopy for this purpose.

Searching for a better way to isolate metal titanium, a team led by materials chemists George Zheng Chen and Derek Fray of the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom came up with an electrochemical technique, they report in the 21 September issue of Nature.

One group turned to an electrochemical approach, which can be adapted for in - the - field use, but their technique involved toxic mercury as the electrode.

«On - the - go diagnosis of HIV and HCV co-infections: Researchers have created the first paper - based electrochemical «immunosensing» platform for rapid, inexpensive diagnosis of HIV and hepatitis C virus co-infections.»

«Our experimental setup consists of a paper device with eight electrochemical biosensors — for handy, one - time, disposable use — and a custom - made, handheld electrochemical reader, or potentiostat, to keep costs as low as possible,» explained Xinyu Liu, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at McGill University.

NREL Scientist Chunmei Ban spends a lot of time in the electrochemical storage lab for her work improving lithium - ion batteries through the use of nanomaterials.

As such, this new synthetic route to oxide nanoparticles also shows great promise for a multitude of other catalytic, electrical, magnetic, or electrochemical processes, from novel cathodes to solution preparation of other types of ceramic materials.

The cost advantages of thermal storage over electrochemical storage also make a TPV with thermal energy storage (TES) system attractive for converting and storing energy for use on the grid, said Hamid Reza Seyf, a graduate research assistant who did the system modeling.

For example, when the battery is recharged, the overall electrochemical reduction reaction at the negative electrode is identical to the electrochemical oxidation reaction that proceeded at the negative electrode when the battery was discharged, only written in reverse.

«An added requirement for a well - behaved (that is, long - lived) rechargeable battery is that not only must the electrochemical oxidation - reduction reactions be reversible, they must also return the electrode materials to their original physical state.

«This work paves the way for not only paper - based electronics with graphene circuits,» the researchers wrote in their paper, «it enables the creation of low - cost and disposable graphene - based electrochemical electrodes for myriad applications including sensors, biosensors, fuel cells and (medical) devices.»

The rough and ridged structure increases the electrochemical reactivity of the graphene, making it useful for chemical and biological sensors.

Understanding these effects is also important for other applications such as splitting water molecules to produce hydrogen at solid - liquid interfaces, electronic devices that rely on oxide - oxide interfaces, or other electrochemical processes using these materials as catalysts, where defects serve as the sites that enable the interactions.

The team behind the technology used a natural electrochemical gradient in cells within the inner ear of a guinea pig to power a wireless transmitter for up to five hours.

In any case I see large potential for process lines to gain other products, use different feedstock etc. when seizing the power of combined microbial and electrochemical conversions.»

A comparison of electrochemical and electrokinetic parameters determined for cellophane membranes in contact with NaCl and NaNO3 solutions.

These results provide the foundation for our team at JCAP to screen, characterize, and deploy new catalysts for the most challenging electrochemical reactions.

Using the liquid SIMS technique and the newly patented electrochemical System for Analysis at the Liquid Vacuum Interface (SALVI), the researchers discovered transient species and reaction pathways in the solid - liquid interface.

Results: In an unprecedented find, a research team including scientists from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory discovered that the three electronic and electrochemical properties having to do with the energy necessary for electrons and molecules to assemble or break apart are not always correlated.

An electrochemical detector (EG & G Instruments, Wokingham, UK) was used for detection, with the working electrode set at 800 mV and a sensitivity 0.2 µamp.

NMDA receptors are complex electrochemical machines, important for signaling between brain cells.