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How solid-state batteries degrade

What happens during operation?

12-Jul-2024 - Solid-state batteries have several advantages: they can store more energy and are safer than batteries with liquid electrolytes. However, they do not last as long and their capacity decreases with each charge cycle. But it doesn't have to stay that way: Researchers are already on the trail of the ...

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New ways to fine tune electrochemistry

Scientists have found new paths to steer and optimize electrochemical processes

15-Apr-2024 - Optimizing electrochemical reactions is essential for the transition to renewable energies. In electrochemical reactions, electric currents and potential differences are used to binding and induce reactions. Electrochemistry is a pre-requisite for hydrogen production, and for batterie technology, ...

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Can we undo the burning of oil, gas and coal?

Platform chemicals from CO2: Defects welcome

08-Mar-2024 - Is it possible to convert CO2 back to fuels or other useful chemicals? Absolutely – but not in a very targeted way just yet. Empa researcher Alessandro Senocrate is looking at defects in materials that will help us achieve this goal. Can we undo the burning of oil, gas and coal? With a renewable ...

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EV manufacturers looking for innovative electrode active material suppliers

Opportunities for startups?

21-Feb-2024 - General Motors (GM) recently finalized a significant battery material supply contract worth $19 billion with South Korea's LG Chem, marking a major milestone in the electric vehicle (EV) industry. Under the agreement, LG Chem will supply cathode active materials until 2035, sufficient to power up ...

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Catalytic combo converts CO2 to solid carbon nanofibers

Tandem electrocatalytic-thermocatalytic conversion could help offset emissions of potent greenhouse gas by locking carbon away in a useful material

16-Jan-2024 - Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Columbia University have developed a way to convert carbon dioxide (CO2), a potent greenhouse gas, into carbon nanofibers, materials with a wide range of unique properties and many potential long-term uses. ...

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First observation of how water molecules move near a metal electrode

Movements of water molecules change depending on the applied voltage

20-Dec-2023 - A collaborative team of experimental and computational physical chemists from South Korea and the United States have made an important discovery in the field of electrochemistry, shedding light on the movement of water molecules near metal electrodes. This research holds profound implications for ...

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Research team develops process for bio-based nylon

Electrons and microbes are the decisive factor in this

05-Jul-2023 - Until now, nylon has been produced from petroleum-based raw materials. However, this is quite harmful to the environment because non-renewable fossil resources are used, a great deal of energy is required, and climate-damaging nitrous oxide is emitted during production. A research team from the ...

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Shedding light on mechanisms of electrochemical energy storage

UV-visible spectroscopy gives researchers a tool to study battery materials - a breakthrough that could speed the design of higher performing energy storage devices

20-Apr-2023 - Understanding why certain materials work better than others when it comes to energy storage is a crucial step for developing the batteries that will power electronic devices, electric vehicles and renewable energy grids. Researchers at Drexel University have developed a new technique that can ...

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Next generation solar fuels: How a record-breaking copper catalyst converts CO₂ into liquid fuels

Researchers have made real-time movies of copper nanoparticles as they evolve to convert carbon dioxide and water into renewable fuels and chemicals

21-Feb-2023 - Since the 1970s, scientists have known that copper has a special ability to transform carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals and fuels. But for many years, scientists have struggled to understand how this common metal works as an electrocatalyst, a mechanism that uses energy from electrons to ...

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Electrochemistry converts carbon to useful molecules

How a team uses electrosynthesis to turn carbon dioxide into valuable pharmaceutical molecules

09-Jan-2023 - A chemistry collaboration led to a creative way to put carbon dioxide to good – and even healthy – use: by incorporating it, via electrosynthesis, into a series of organic molecules that are vital to pharmaceutical development. In the process, the team made an innovative discovery. By changing ...

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