New cathode material developed and patented

A cathode material with enhanced performance and a quicker method for its production: With it, the lithium-ion battery can last up to 10% longer

18-Oct-2024 - A research team from the Skoltech Energy Center, led by Distinguished Professor and director of the center Artem Abakumov, secured a patent for high-capacity cathode materials in lithium-ion batteries made from layered nickel-rich transition metal oxides, as well as a new hydrothermal ...

Chemists synthesise the smallest nano-sized particles to detect heavy metal ions in water

10-Nov-2021 - Scientists at St Petersburg University, Sirius University of Science and Technology, and St Petersburg Academic University have synthesised the smallest nano-sized metal-organic frameworks to detect heavy metal ions in water. The results and outcomes of the experiments and description of the ...

TPU scientists offer scalable technology to obtain polytetrafluoroethylene membranes

"The main advantage of the method is that the small laboratory installation is not different from an industrial one by its core and processes."

30-Jun-2021 - Scientists of Tomsk Polytechnic University were able to obtain polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) membranes using electrospinning. PTFE is known to be the most stable existent polymer. According to the scientists, it is a simple, affordable and easily scalable method, which will allow obtaining ...

AI-aided search for single-atom-alloy catalysts yields more than 200 promising candidates

"The developed methodology can be easily adapted to designing new functional materials for various applications"

25-May-2021 - Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from China and Germany have presented a new search algorithm for single-atom-alloy catalysts (SAACs) that found more than 200 yet unreported candidates. Their work provides a recipe for finding best SAACs for various applications. Single-atom-alloy ...

Chemists create renewable plant-based polymers

What makes them different is that they can be easily recycled

14-Apr-2021 - Researchers at the Laboratory of Cluster Catalysis at St Petersburg University have synthesised polymers from biomass. What makes them different is that they can be easily recycled. Today, our life is simply unthinkable without polymers. Plastics, fibres, films, paint and lacquer coating - they ...

A new type of battery that can charge ten times faster than a lithium-ion battery created

Moreover, it is safer in terms of potential fire hazards and has a lower environmental impact

08-Apr-2021 - It is difficult to imagine our daily life without lithium-ion batteries. They dominate the small format battery market for portable electronic devices, and are also commonly used in electric vehicles. At the same time, lithium-ion batteries have a number of serious issues, including: a potential ...

Chemists used crab shells to improve palladium catalysts

A new type of palladium catalysts based on chitin can be reused over 10 times

17-Dec-2020 - Chemists from RUDN University synthesized soluble biopolymers based on chitin from crab shells. Together with palladium, they form effective catalysts for organic reactions, and their nanoparticles can be re-used over ten times. Palladium-based catalysts are used to speed up cross-coupling ...

Artificial Intelligence has learned to estimate oil viscosity

Indirect measurements are a lucky alternative for a variety of sectors

09-Nov-2020 - A group of Skoltech scientists developed machine learning (ML) algorithms that can teach artificial intelligence (AI) to determine oil viscosity based on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) data. The new method can come in handy for the petroleum industry and other sectors, which have to rely on ...

Chemist created a niobium-silica catalyst to boost petrochemical reactions

Catalyst reduces the time of alkylation reactions from several hours to just 10 minutes

08-Oct-2020 - Alkylation reactions are used in the petrochemical industry to obtain high-octane number components for gasolines. A chemist from RUDN University found a way to speed this process up to 24 times. To do so, he developed a catalyst based on silica and niobium. The results of his work were published ...

Scientists got one step closer to solving a major problem of hydrogen energy

Metallic glass has the potential to replace palladium

01-Oct-2020 - A team of scientists from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) together with their colleagues from Austria, Turkey, Slovakia, Russia (MISIS, MSU), and the UK found a way to hydrogenate thin metallic glass layers at room temperature. This technology can considerably expand the range of cheap, ...