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EES Issues 9 and 10 now online!

26 Sep 2012

The latest issue of Energy & Environmental Science is now online. You can read issue 9 here and issue 10 here.

Issue 9

The outside front cover features an article on Novel nanostructures for next generation dye-sensitized solar cells by Nicolas Tétreault and Michael Grätzel

Understanding the effect of ferroelectric polarization on power conversion efficiency of organic photovoltaic devices is the article highlighted on the inside front cover by Yongbo Yuan, Pankaj Sharma, Zhengguo Xiao, Shashi Poddar, Alexei Gruverman, Stephen Ducharme and Jinsong Huang

Issue 9 contains the following Analysis Articles and Perspectives:

Analysis Articles
Fuel production from CO₂ using solar-thermal energy: system level analysis
Jiyong Kim, Terry A. Johnson, James E. Miller, Ellen B. Stechel and Christos T. Maravelias, Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, 5, 8417

Perspective
Novel nanostructures for next generation dye-sensitized solar cells
Nicolas Tétreault and Michael Grätzel, Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, 5, 8506

High electrode activity of nanostructured, columnar ceria films for solid oxide fuel cells
WooChul Jung, Julien O. Dereux, William C. Chueh, Yong Hao and Sossina M. Haile, Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, 5, 8682

Issue 10

The outside front cover features an article on Living battery – biofuel cells operating in vivo in clams by Alon Szczupak, Jan Halámek, Lenka Halámková, Vera Bocharova, Lital Alfonta and Evgeny Katz

Sorption enhanced steam reforming of ethanol on multifunctional catalysts derived from hydrotalcite is the article highlighted on the inside front cover by Gaowei Wu, Chengxi Zhang, Shuirong Li, Zhiqi Huang, Suli Yan, Shengping Wang, Xinbin Ma and Jinlong Gong

Issue 10 contains the following Opinion and Perspective articles:

Opinion
Fuel cell electric vehicles and hydrogen infrastructure: status 2012
Ulrich Eberle, Bernd Müller and Rittmar von Helmolt, Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, 5, 8780

Perspective
Graphene quantum dots: an emerging material for energy-related applications and beyond
Zhipan Zhang, Jing Zhang, Nan Chen and Liangti Qu, Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, 5, 8869

Copper molybdenum sulfide: a new efficient electrocatalyst for hydrogen production from water
Phong D. Tran, Mai Nguyen, Stevin S. Pramana, Anirban Bhattacharjee, Sing Yang Chiam, Jennifer Fize, Martin J. Field, Vincent Artero, Lydia H. Wong, Joachim Loo and James Barber, Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, 5, 8912

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Skeleton and skin strategy improves supercapacitor

31 Aug 2012

The SWCNT/PANI hybrid film

Supercapacitors based on carbon nanotubes and conducting polymers have higher energy densities (amount of energy stored) than pure carbon nanotube-based ones, but they suffer from lower power densities (amount of power). This is because the polymer layers overlap, leading to poor electrical conductivity. Now, scientists from China, Australia and Singapore have changed the design to increase the power density. The ultrathin supercapacitor could have potential uses in lightweight and flexible storage devices for portable electronic devices.

Weiya Zhou from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and colleagues, used what they call a skeleton/skin strategy to make the improvement. The carbon nanotubes (single-walled carbon nanotubes – SWCNTs) are the skeleton and the polymer layers (polyaniline – PANI) are the skin. The skeleton/skin structure ensures that the films are better conductors than conventional SWCNT/PANI electrodes.

Read the full article in Chemistry World

Link to journal article
A “skeleton/skin” strategy for preparing ultrathin free-standing single-walled carbon nanotube/polyaniline films for high performance supercapacitor electrodes
Z Niu et al
Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, DOI: 10.1039/c2ee22042c

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Top ten most accessed articles in July

29 Aug 2012

This month sees the following articles in EES that are in the top ten most accessed:-

Electrical energy storage for transportation-approaching the limits of, and going beyond, lithium-ion batteries
Michael M. Thackeray, Christopher Wolverton and Eric D. Isaacs
Energy Environ. Sci., 2012,5, 7854-7863, DOI: 10.1039/C2EE21892E, Review Article

Ultrathin films on copper(i) oxide water splitting photocathodes: a study on performance and stability
Adriana Paracchino, Nripan Mathews, Takashi Hisatomi, Morgan Stefik, S. David Tilley and Michael Grätzel
Energy Environ. Sci., 2012,5, 8673-8681, DOI: 10.1039/C2EE22063F, Paper

A review on nanomaterials for environmental remediation
Mya Mya Khin, A. Sreekumaran Nair, V. Jagadeesh Babu, Rajendiran Murugan and Seeram Ramakrishna
Energy Environ. Sci., 2012,5, 8075-8109, DOI: 10.1039/C2EE21818F, Review Article

Nanostructured ceria-based materials: synthesis, properties, and applications
Chunwen Sun, Hong Li and Liquan Chen
Energy Environ. Sci., 2012,5, 8475-8505, DOI: 10.1039/C2EE22310D, Review Article

Inverted polymer solar cells with 8.4% efficiency by conjugated polyelectrolyte
Tingbin Yang, Ming Wang, Chunhui Duan, Xiaowen Hu, Lin Huang, Junbiao Peng, Fei Huang and Xiong Gong
Energy Environ. Sci., 2012,5, 8208-8214, DOI: 10.1039/C2EE22296E, Communication

Worldwide health effects of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident
John E. Ten Hoeve and Mark Z. Jacobson
Energy Environ. Sci., 2012,5, 8743-8757, DOI: 10.1039/C2EE22019A, Paper

Morphology characterization in organic and hybrid solar cells
Wei Chen, Maxim P. Nikiforov and Seth B. Darling
Energy Environ. Sci., 2012,5, 8045-8074, DOI: 10.1039/C2EE22056C, Review Article

Three-dimensionally ordered macroporous FeF₃ and its in situ homogenous polymerization coating for high energy and power density lithium ion batteries
De-long Ma, Zhan-yi Cao, Heng-guo Wang, Xiao-lei Huang, Li-min Wang and Xin-bo Zhang
Energy Environ. Sci., 2012,5, 8538-8542, DOI: 10.1039/C2EE22568A, Communication

Iodine/iodide-free redox shuttles for liquid electrolyte-based dye-sensitized solar cells
Jiayan Cong, Xichuan Yang, Lars Kloo and Licheng Sun
Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C2EE22095D, Review Article

Graphene as a counter electrode material for dye-sensitized solar cells
Hui Wang and Yun Hang Hu
Energy Environ. Sci., 2012,5, 8182-8188, DOI: 10.1039/C2EE21905K, Minireview

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