Headline: Corralling ions improves viability of next generation solar cells
■ Release Date: 2023.2.27
■ Published by: North Carolina State University
■ Keywords: solar, cell, perovskite
■ Abstract:
Researchers have discovered that channeling ions into defined pathways in perovskite materials improves the stability and operational performance of perovskite solar cells. The finding paves the way for a new generation of lighter, more flexible, and more efficient solar cell technologies suitable for practical use.
Headline: New superacid converts harmful compounds into sustainable chemicals
■ Release Date: 2023.2.27
■ Published by: Universität Paderborn
■ Keywords: catalysts, superacid, antimony
■ Abstract:
Researchers have succeeded in producing very special catalysts, known as 'Lewis superacids', which can be used to break strong chemical bonds and speed up reactions. The production of these substances has, until now, proven extremely difficult. The chemists' discovery enables non-biodegradable fluorinated hydrocarbons, similar to Teflon, and possibly even climate-damaging greenhouse gases, such as sulphur hexafluoride, to be converted back into sustainable chemicals.
Headline: New material may offer key to solving quantum computing issue
■ Release Date: 2023.2.27
■ Published by: Penn State
■ Keywords: graphene, gallium, insulator
■ Abstract:
A new form of heterostructure of layered two-dimensional (2D) materials may enable quantum computing to overcome key barriers to its widespread application, according to an international team of researchers.
Headline: Scientists synthesize cerium mineral which holds promise for biomedical research
■ Release Date: 2023.3.1
■ Published by: Trinity College Dublin
■ Keywords: cerium, cerianite, rare earth
■ Abstract:
Geoscientists have developed a cheap and environmentally friendly method for the synthesis of cerianite, a rare earth mineral which holds promise for the treatment of diseases associated with inflammation, including cancer.
Headline: Researchers propose a simple, inexpensive approach to fabricating carbon nanotube wiring on plastic films
■ Release Date: 2023.3.2
■ Published by: Tokyo University of Science
■ Keywords: carbon nanotubes, carbon wire, sensor
■ Abstract:
Researchers have developed an inexpensive method for fabricating multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) on a plastic film. The proposed method is simple, can be applied under ambient conditions, reuses MWNTs, and produces flexible wires of tunable resistances without requiring additional steps. It eliminates several drawbacks of current fabrication methods, making it useful for large-scale manufacturing of carbon wiring for flexible all-carbon devices.
Headline: Destroying the superconductivity in a kagome metal
■ Release Date: 2023.3.3
■ Published by: ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies
■ Keywords: superconductor, rubidium, caesium
■ Abstract:
A recent study has uncovered a distinct disorder-driven superconductor-insulator transition. This first electric control of superconductivity and quantum Hall effect in a candidate material for future low-energy electronics has promise to reduce the rising, unsustainable energy cost of computing.