Sentences with phrase «oxides used in water»

These include complex oxides used in water and carbon dioxide gas splitting, solid oxide fuel cell cathodes, lithium ion batteries, and super ionic conductors.

Not exact matches

Their research, published online Sunday in Nature Nanotechnology, involved the use of cobalt oxide nanoparticles to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.

Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Materials Science and Technology Division have developed a novel one - step process using, for the first time in these types of syntheses, potassium superoxide (KO2) to rapidly form oxide nanoparticles from simple salt solutions in water.

Scientists have tried building the electrodes out of common semiconductors such as silicon or gallium arsenide — which absorb light and are also used in solar panels — but a major problem is that these materials develop an oxide layer (that is, rust) when exposed to water.

To achieve this, he used a nanocrystal sample produced from lead chloride instead of lead oxide, such that there was no way for water to be generated in the reaction with oleic acid.

Researchers from North Carolina State University have solved a long - standing materials science problem, making it possible to create new semiconductor devices using zinc oxide (ZnO)-- including efficient ultraviolet (UV) lasers and LED devices for use in sensors and drinking water treatment, as well as new ferromagnetic devices.

His hydrogen - ion - creating system uses an indium tin oxide electrode and a container of water with cobalt and potassium phosphate mixed in.

PHWRs are similar to PWRs, but use raw uranium rather than enriched uranium oxide as fuel, and deploy heavy water — in which hydrogen is replaced by deuterium — as both moderator and coolant.

In the early 2000s, Maria's group had pioneered the single - atom approach for metals anchored on oxide supports as the exclusive active sites for the water - gas shift reaction to upgrade hydrogen streams for fuel cell use.

For example, titanium dioxide is a catalyst that degrades pollutants, and aluminum oxides and iron oxides are coagulants used as the first step in purifying drinking water.

The uranium and plutonium are used to fabricate mixed oxide fuel for use in light - water reactors.

Stein says graphene oxide nanoscrolls could also be used as ultralight chemical sensors, drug delivery vehicles, and hydrogen storage platforms, in addition to water filters.

The first direct, temporally resolved observations of intermediate steps in water oxidation using cobalt oxide, an Earth - abundant solid catalyst, revealed kinetic bottlenecks whose elimination would help boost the efficiency of artificial photosynthesis systems.

«We've obtained the first direct, temporally resolved observation of two intermediate steps in water oxidation using an Earth - abundant solid catalyst, cobalt oxide, that allowed us to identify the kinetic bottlenecks.

Combine all ingredients (except zinc oxide and essential oils if using) in a double boiler, or a glass bowl over a smaller saucepan with 1 inch of water in it.

Lightweight and water - resistant sunscreen, this sunscreen uses non-nano zinc oxide but blends into the skin so easily (in other words, no white streaks!).

Some of the advanced technologies used in the Insight's IMA gasoline engine include its compact VTEC - E cylinder head, nitrogen - oxide adsorptive catalytic converter, integrated cylinder head and exhaust manifold, and plastic - resin intake manifold, valve cover and water - pump pulley.

Besides carbon dioxide, greenhouse gases include water vapor, methane (natural gas), nitrous oxide (from fertilizer use), and chlorine - and fluorine - containing gases used in air conditioning units and as solvents.

if we deregulate industry (if you deregulate one then you will have to deregulate them all) then the waste collection business up the road will dispose of their sludge down the gutters into the storm water drains, the coffee business in the next row will not replace their odour filters and the whole area will reak of burnt coffee all day, the tyre business around the corner will dump their tyres in the nearby bushland, some of the hardup businesses in the area will hookup to the power lines with with uncontrolled connections and we will start to get brown outs at various times in the day, The lead and tin foundry a block away won't bother controlling the lead oxide spewing out of their chimney stack, nearby housing developments will all use open fires in winter to save on energy costs and start hacking trees out of the world heritage national park here.

Now with this rocket thruster design, nitrates in the wastewater can be used to generate nitrus oxide and methane, with the methane harvested to run the plant, the nitrus oxide burned in a rocket thruster to break it down into clean hot air, and the nitrates safely removed from the water through the whole process.