‘HOT’ Communication – hot off the press today!
A highly pure Ge nanowire anode material sheathed with carbon shows impressive results – with very high reversible charge capacity, coulombic efficiency of 91% and superior capacity retention.
High performance Ge nanowire anode sheathed with carbon for lithium rechargeable batteries
Min-Ho Seo, Mihee Park, Kyu Tae Lee, Kitae Kim, Jeyoung Kim and Jaephil Cho
Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00552E
Energy & Environmental Science Editorial Board member, George Huber, has featured in Chemistry World today with his latest biomass research. The paper shows that cheap bio-oil could soon compete with crude oil in plastic manufacture.
Read George Huber’s recent Energy & Environmental Science articles:
HOT article
Production of green aromatics and olefins by catalytic fast pyrolysis of wood sawdust
Torren R. Carlson, Yu-Ting Cheng, Jungho Jae and George W. Huber
Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00341G
Perspective
The critical role of heterogeneous catalysis in lignocellulosic biomass conversion
Yu-Chuan Lin and George W. Huber
Energy Environ. Sci., 2009, 2, 68-80
Read the Chemistry World feature:
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2010/November/25111003.asp
1st International Conference on Clean Energy – Dalian, China – April 10-13, 2011
www.icce.cas.cn
Submit an abstract for an oral presentation – deadline 31st December 2010
Conference Chair: Xinhe Bao (DICP)
Confirmed Plenary Speakers:
ISACS4 – Challenges in Renewable Energy: 5-8 July 2011, Boston, USA
Online abstract submission is now open for ISACS4, the fourth in the International Symposia on Advancing the Chemical Sciences (ISACS) conference series from the RSC.
You can find out more about the outstanding speaker line-up and plenary programme, sign up for news updates and submit abstracts at www.rsc.org/isacs4
Other symposia in the series:
ISACS5: Challenges in Chemical Biology:
Oral Presentations: 21 January 2011, Posters: 27th May 2011
ISACS6: Challenges in Organic Materials & Supramolecular Chemistry:
Oral Presentations: 18 March 2011, Posters: 8th July 2011
‘HOT’ paper – natural light harvesting antennae
This work provides a novel approach for developing a new class of membrane-based smart material with a well-controlled architecture that is dependent on the assembly of interacting components.
It could have important implications in self-repair and control of energy transfer in photoconversion devices.
Supramolecular assembly of biohybrid photoconversion systems
Mateus B. Cardoso, Dmitriy Smolensky, William T. Heller, Kunlun Hong and Hugh O’Neill
Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00369G
Discusses the potential and challenges facing nanostructured silicon anodes, which show great promise as high capacity lithium battery anodes.
Nanostructured silicon for high capacity lithium battery anodes
Jeannine R. Szczech and Song Jin
Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00281J
Professor Peng Wang is Professor of Chemistry at Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry. He was previously on the Energy & Environmental Science Advisory Board and is now the first Editorial Board member from Asia.
His research interests include the design and synthesis of exotic organic materials in bionic nanoarchitechures for light energy conversion and closely related charge and energy transfer processes.
We look forward to working closely with him in the future.
Read Peng Wang’s recent EES Communication article now:
Oligothiophene dye-sensitized solar cells
Jingyuan Liu, Renzhi Li, Xiaoying Si, Difei Zhou, Yushuai Shi, Yinghui Wang, Xiaoyan Jing and Peng Wang
Energy Environ. Sci., 2010, DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00304B
This review focuses on some of the recent advances on SECM applied to studies of heterogeneous chemical processes and chemical reactivity in materials involved in energy-related applications.
Advances on scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) for energy
Paolo Bertoncello
Energy Environ. Sci., 2010, 3, 1620-1633
DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00046A
Figure reprinted with permission from American Chemical Society, ©2003.
Jon C. Lovett and colleagues discuss examples of multiple objectives and regulatory instruments applied to biofuels, with a focus on UK, and highlight the difficulties of applying sustainability criteria under international trade agreements. They also contrast biofuels policy against that of fossil fuels.
Multiple objectives in biofuels sustainability policy
Jon C. Lovett, Sarah Hards, Joy Clancy and Carolyn Snell
Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00041H
Researchers at the University of York, UK are using green methodologies to produce alternative energy sources and platform molecules from wheat straw residues.
Use of green chemical technologies in an integrated biorefinery
Vitaly L. Budarin, Peter S. Shuttleworth, Jennifer R. Dodson, Andrew J. Hunt, Brigid Lanigan, Ray Marriott, Kris J. Milkowski, Ashley J. Wilson, Simon W. Breeden, Jiajun Fan, Emily H. K. Sin and James H. Clark
Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00184H
Low temperature microwave pyrolysis (< 200°C) is shown to be an energy efficient method to produce char and oil suitable for upgrading for use as sustainable substitutes for fossil fuels. Applying a closed loop system, CO2 can be internally recycled to sustain the processes and add value by extracting secondary metabolites including fatty acids, wax esters and fatty alcohols.
“We’ve been very fortunate to be able to work in this developing area and with the establishment of the Green Chemical Technology Facility, we will hopefully be able to expand on this research in the future.”
The group are also looking into other potential commercial applications for these wheat straw products including lubricants, food flavourings and cosmetics!
