This decade has witnessed a rapid development in electric vehicles and portable electronics, accompanied by ever-increasing research enthusiasm for high-energy-density rechargeable batteries with long service life. Conventional ...
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 20, 2016
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Developing high-energy, long-life rechargeable batteries is a crucial target to build a sustainable and carbon-neutral society in the future. Most portable electronics, including smart phones and laptops, are powered by rechargeable ...
Materials Science
Oct 10, 2016
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Energy storage systems with high energy density are essential to fulfilling the ever-increasing demands of electronic devices, electric vehicles, and smart grids for intermittent solar or wind power. The Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 22, 2016
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Recently, researchers at Tsinghua University, China have proposed a graphene-based nanostructured lithium metal anode for lithium metal batteries to inhibit dendrite growth and improve electrochemistry performance. They report ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 21, 2016
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Structural hierarchy is the cornerstone of the biological world, as well as the most important lesson that we have learned from nature to develop ingenious hierarchical porous materials for various applications in energy ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 26, 2016
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Demand for high-performance energy storage device is booming. There is a need for high-energy-density, rechargeable batteries, as electric vehicles, portable electronics, and sustainable energy harvesting are on the rise. ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 11, 2016
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High-energy-density batteries are essential to meet the demand for future applications in portable electronics and electrical vehicles. Owing to the theoretical energy density of 2600 Wh/kg, the lithium-sulfur battery is ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 4, 2016
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The prestigious Advanced Science journal has just published a review paper on solid electrolyte interphases of lithium metal anodes contributed by Prof. Qiang Zhang in Tsinghua University, China and Ji-Guang Zhang in Pacific ...
Materials Science
Nov 23, 2015
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The looming fossil energy crisis and serious environment and climate issues urgently call for sustainable energy systems and next-generation energy storage technologies. Instead of a traditional "carbon cycle" based on fossil ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 30, 2015
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Researchers have proposed an efficient and stable dual-phase lithium metal anode for Li-S batteries, containing polysulfide-induced solid electrolyte interphase and nanostructured graphene framework at Tsinghua University, ...
Nanophysics
Jun 23, 2015
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