10 News by Tokyo University of Science

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Breakthrough in click chemistry: innovative method revolutionizes drug development

Innovative platforms enable rapid synthesis of triazoles, which have important applications in medicine, biochemistry, and materials science

14-Feb-2025 - Middle molecules with a molecular weight of more than 1,000 are difficult to synthesize due to multiple steps and time-consuming nature, demanding the development of a new approach that can overcome these disadvantages. Click chemistry has become an essential tool in applied chemistry due to its ...

biochemistry bioengineering chemical synthesis
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Leveraging machine learning to find promising compositions for sodium-ion batteries

Researchers optimize the composition of a multi-element transition metal oxide to achieve exceptional energy density in sodium-ion batteries

07-Nov-2024 - Energy storage is an essential part of many rapidly growing sustainable technologies, including electric cars and renewable energy generation. Although lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) dominate the current market, lithium is a relatively scarce and expensive element, creating both economic and supply ...

artificial intelligence batteries machine learning
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New materials discovered for safe, high-performance solid-state lithium-ion batteries

Scientists have discovered a stable and highly conductive lithium-ion conductor for use as solid electrolytes for solid-state lithium-ion batteries

03-Apr-2024 - All-solid-state lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries with solid electrolytes are non-flammable and have higher energy density and transference numbers than those with liquid electrolytes. They are expected to take a share of the market for conventional liquid electrolyte Li-ion batteries, such as ...

batteries lithium-ion batteries solid electrolytes
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Template for success: Shaping hard carbon electrodes for next-generation batteries

Scientists use inorganic zinc-based compounds to vastly improve the capacity of sodium- and potassium-ion batteries

14-Nov-2023 - Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are, by far, the most widely used type of rechargeable batteries, spanning numerous applications. These include consumer electronics, electric vehicles (e.g., Tesla cars), renewable energy systems, and spacecrafts. Although LIBs deliver the best performance in many ...

batteries battery electrodes electrode materials
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New magnesium superionic conductor towards lithium-free solid-state batteries

Scientists demonstrate for the first time a metal–organic framework-based magnesium ion conductor showing superionic conductivity even at room temperature

11-Aug-2022 - The development of highly efficient energy storage devices that can store renewable energy is crucial to a sustainable future. In today’s world, solid-state rechargeable lithium ion (Li+) batteries are the state of the art. But lithium is a rare earth metal, and society’s dependence on the ...

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Novel multi-proton carrier complex as efficient proton conductor at high temperatures

Researchers develop a highly symmetric ruthenium (III) complex with six imidazole-imidazolate groups for efficient high-temperature proton conduction in fuel cells

21-Jul-2022 - As the world is moving towards more environment-friendly and sustainable sources of energy, fuel cells are receiving a lot of attention. The main advantage of fuel cells is that they use hydrogen, a clean fuel, and produce only water as a by-product while generating electricity. This new and ...

imidazole proton conductivity proton conductors
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Innovative thinner electrolyte can improve functioning of solid oxide fuel cells

Scientists have synthesized a new thin film that could make energy production more efficient and cleaner

27-Mar-2020 - In this post-industrialization age, electricity has become the backbone of our society. However, using fossil fuels to generate it is not the best option because of their limited availability and harmful nature. In the last two decades, significant efforts have been made to develop techniques to ...

electricity fuel cells solid oxide fuel cells
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The shape of water: What water molecules look like on the surface of materials

Scientist combine data analysis techniques with molecular dynamics simulations to understand the structure of water on material surfaces.

07-Feb-2020 - Understanding the various molecular interactions and structures that arise among surface water molecules would enable scientists and engineers to develop all sorts of novel hydrophobic/hydrophilic materials or improve existing ones. For example, the friction caused by water on ships could be ...

materials engineering nanomaterials water
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New study on a recently discovered chlorophyll molecule could be key to better solar cells

Scientists uncover location and functions of a new type of chlorophyll molecule for the first time

23-Jan-2020 - All living organisms need energy for their survival, and this energy indirectly comes from the sun. Some organisms, such as plants, cyanobacteria, and algae, are capable of directly converting this light energy into chemical energy via a process called "photosynthesis". These photosynthetic ...

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Hidden chirality

Nitrogen-15 isotope can trigger asymmetric autocatalytic reactions toward chiral organic compounds

20-Oct-2016 - The preparation of chiral compounds as intermediates in drug synthesis is one of the most important targets in synthetic organic chemistry. Japanese scientists have now shown that the autocatalytic preparation of a chiral intermediate can be triggered by a compound bearing hidden chirality, which ...

autocatalysis catalysis chiral compounds
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