The paper reports a metal - free flow battery that relies
on the electrochemistry of naturally abundant, inexpensive, small organic (carbon - based) molecules called quinones, which are similar to molecules that store energy in plants and animals.
Present sensors rely
on electrochemistry or dye - based tests (the most common of which is perhaps the litmus test), and can cost more than $ 5,000 per device.
A prototype metal - free flow battery developed by engineer Michael Aziz and colleagues at Harvard University relies
on the electrochemistry of naturally abundant, small organic molecules to store electricity generated from renewable, intermittent energy sources.
Not exact matches
And I should have realized that the concepts and techniques I mastered in my undergraduate research
on magnetic materials — the very things that got me hooked
on research in the first place — were not particularly relevant for
electrochemistry.
Many of these scientists and engineers, often using money out of their own pocket, have been less concerned about commercial opportunities but rather have focused
on basic science:
electrochemistry, metallurgy, calorimetry, mass spectrometry, and nuclear diagnostics.
While this work wraps up a series of studies
on cobalt catalysts done at the Center for Molecular Electrocatalysis, it marks the start of showing how scientists can use these
electrochemistry techniques
on other catalysts.
Dr. Weber also sits
on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Applied
Electrochemistry and is past chair of the Energy Technology Division of the Electrochemical Society.
His current research is focused
on thermochemistry and
electrochemistry of materials critical to developing sustainable energy technologies.
The climate effects of those changes (if any) are still poorly understood, especially given that we barely understand what's going
on at the simple
electrochemistry level, let alone at the level of complexity of the climate.