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Future Outlooks on the Nanomaterials Powering Electric Vehicles

All-solid-state batteries and silicon-based fuel cells are likely to be the future generation of EV internal battery packs with improved efficiency.

10 Jan 2022

Low-Cost Motion-Amplified Piezo Actuators Provide Precision, Speed

Piezo-ceramic motors directly convert electrical energy into mechanical motion. They are energy efficient and provide very fast response and virtually unlimited positional resolution.

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 9 Jan 2022

Universal Route for High Capacity Hybrid Supercapacitor Electrode

In an article recently published in the ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces journal, a single-step phosphorization method was used to create low-crystallinity Fe2P2O7 nanoplates that were chemically attached...

7 Jan 2022

Utilizing MXene Nanomaterials in High Performance Supercapacitors

A recent review covers the synthetic procedures and characteristics of MXenes, and their usage for energy storage applications, especially for semiconductors.

5 Jan 2022

New Insights into Electron Transfer in Dynamic Schottky Junctions

Researchers reported that when a platinum-plated atomic force microscope tip is pushed over a pristine doped silicon substrate, an extremely thin silicon oxide layer is formed.

4 Jan 2022

Polymer Composite Could Enable Coproduction of Freshwater and Electricity

Polymer sponge composite with carbon nanotubes is described as 3D dual-purpose solar-thermal evaporator for production of electricity and freshwater.

4 Jan 2022

Modifying Nanomaterial Morphologies to Advance Li Batteries

The basics of nanomaterial morphological manipulation and topological impacts on several rechargeable lithium cell compositions were investigated.

29 Dec 2021

The Future of Lithium-Ion Battery Electrodes Starts with 2D MAX Phase Nanosheets

Researchers have successfully developed 2D nanosheets using novel MAX phase materials with promising electrochemical properties for lithium-ion fuel cells.

21 Dec 2021

Hollow NiO Nanostructures Provide Insights into High Performance Supercapacitor Design

A hollowed nickel oxide semiconductor was synthesized utilizing the parent Ni-based metalorganic complex based on the Kirkendall phenomenon.

21 Dec 2021

Georgia Tech Serves as a Vital Partner to Drive Future Microelectronics Advances in the U.S.

The world's dependence on semiconductors came into sharp focus in 2021, when automotive manufacturing ground to a halt because of massive computer chip shortages – as Asian suppliers couldn't keep up with demand for microelectronics – miniaturized electronic circuits and components that drive everything from smartphones to new vehicle components to hypersonics weapons systems.

20 Dec 2021