Sentences with phrase «new electrode materials»

«This is a tremendous innovation for in situ studies as a new means to interrogate the chemical language of microbial system interactions, as well as being relative to the discovery and development of new electrode materials for energy storage,» said Dr. Louis Terminello, who leads chemical imaging work at PNNL.

But manufacturers of high - energy applications such as electric cars and power storage systems seek for new electrode materials and electrolytes.

In the first practical application for the machine learning, the team worked with Assistant Professor Jim Cahoon, Ph.D., in the UNC Department of Chemistry to design a new electrode material for a type of low - cost solar cells.

Not exact matches

The new study is the first to demonstrate the synthesis of active electrode materials using a fungal biomineralization process, illustrating the great potential of these fungal processes as a source of useful biomaterials.

The new battery design is a hybrid between flow batteries and conventional solid ones: In this version, while the electrode material does not flow, it is composed of a similar semisolid, colloidal suspension of particles.

The new power source, which runs on liquid fuels, has at its core a thin layer of electrolyte materials sandwiched between electrode materials.

But the new analysis shows that the critical interface is actually between two solid materials: the electrode itself, and a carbon coating used to improve its performance.

Easton, who looks at materials used in fuel cell electrodes and brain sensors, is already communicating with a new hire in the physics program about starting up a collaboration ---- something he might have shied away from, he says, at another institution.

But with the new material, either p - type or n - type functions can be obtained just by bringing the vanishingly thin film into very close proximity with an adjacent metal electrode, and tuning the voltage in this electrode from positive to negative.

Bonaccorso adds that the challenge ahead is to demonstrate a disruptive technology in which two - dimensional materials not only replace traditional electrodes, but more importantly enable the design of whole new device concepts.

That combination of materials brings big advantages to their new electrode.

To solve contact lens discomfort issues, Professor Park and his research team have unveiled a new smart contact lens that uses electrodes made up of highly stretchable and transparent materials.

Growing a material directly on the surface eliminates steps in testing new ideas for electrodes or catalysts.

In 2012, DOE established the Joint Center for Energy Storage Resarch (JCESR), a DOE Energy Innovation Hub, which significantly enhanced the Materials Project with new simulations of next - generation battery electrodes and liquid organic electrolytes.

Designed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, a new device shows what happens where the electrolyte and active material in the electrode meet; this fundamental research has implications for energy storage, generation, and chemical manufacturing technology.

The researchers» new material, titanium dioxide crystals attached to a thin carbon sheet called graphene, is incorporated into the battery's negative electrode.

Following the decision of the Graphene Flagship (GF) Management Panel in November 2017, the NanoElMem project focused on «Designing new renewable nano - structured electrode and membrane materials for direct alkaline ethanol fuel cell» has been associated to Graphene Flagship.

And A123 Systems, a spin - off from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is now promoting a new lithium battery technology which combines a novel lithium - ion phosphate chemistry with nanoscale materials that increase the surface area of the electrodes.

Summary Inorganic chemist with 4 + years of experience specialized in the synthesis and physical characterization of new battery electrode materials, as well as electrochemical characterization of electrode materials in cells.