An alternative fermentation technology to recover valuable precursors for biodiesel from low grade biomass
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Biological formation of caproate and caprylate from acetate: fuel and chemical production from low grade biomass
Kirsten J. J. Steinbusch, Hubertus V. M. Hamelers, Caroline M. Plugge and Cees J. N. Buisman
Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00282H
Palani Balaya, Assistant Professor of Engineering, National University of Singapore, is a lead author of a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). His research interests surround nano-ionic systems, such as solar energy conversion and lithium ion batteries.
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Mesoporous TiO2 with high packing density for superior lithium storage
Kuppan Saravanan, Krishnamoorthy Ananthanarayanan and Palani Balaya
Energy Environ. Sci., 2010, 3, 9392010, 3, 939-948
Read the interview: A sunny outlook
Annegret Stark
Institute for Technical Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry
The combination of the concept of an integrated biorefinery with ionic liquid technology is critically assessed, and potentials for further research and development are identified.
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Ionic liquids in the biorefinery: a critical assessment of their potential
Annegret Stark
Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00246A
This article critically assesses the state of the art on the example of four case studies, focussing on the carbohydrate fraction, and identifies a number of opportunities for further research and development. The next decades promise to be exiting times for biomass processing technology development in general. Time will show in which processes ionic liquids can excel.
In this work, the authors calcualte how sheet resistance impacts the power conversion efficiency in solar cells.
The transparent conductor (TC) layer in thin film solar cell modules has a significant impact on power conversion efficiency – reflection, absorption, resistive losses and lost active area all need to be taken into account.
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Transparent electrode requirements for thin film solar cell modules
Michael W. Rowell and Michael D. McGehee
Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00373E
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Web Collection: Supercapacitors
This Collection of reviews and articles, includes contributions from leading scientists like George Chen, Yuri Gogotsi and Rodney Ruoff.
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HOT Communication – continuous carbide-derived carbon film
It is demonstrated that continuous carbide-derived carbon (CDC) films can be synthesized on various substrates and show high volumetric capacitance.
Continuous carbide-derived carbon films with high volumetric capacitance
Min Heon, Samuel Lofland, James Applegate, Robert Nolte, Emma Cortes, Jeffrey D. Hettinger, Pierre-Louis Taberna, Patrice Simon, Peihua Huang, Magali Brunet and Yury Gogotsi
Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00404A
Energy & Environmental Science Advisory Board member Bernie Bulkin is to give a lecture on A Path to Sustainable Energy for the UK in Cambridge.
Professor Bernie Bulkin is Commissioner for Energy and Transport, UK Sustainable Development Commission, which is part of the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). His lecture will be hosted by the Cambridge Society for the Application in Research (CSAR) in Cambridge, UK, on Monday 15th November.
For more information and to become a member of CSAR, see http://www.csar.org.uk/
This work has demonstrated that the electrocatalytic activity of the solid oxide fuel cell cathode can be improved by tailoring the surface crystal facet of micro-crystals. The knowledge obtained will facilitate the goal to improve energy efficiency and to reduce emissions.
Single crystalline La0.5Sr0.5MnO3 microcubes as cathode of solid oxide fuel cell
Mingjia Zhi, Guangwen Zhou, Zhanglian Hong, Jin Wang, Randall Gemmen, Kirk Gerdes, Ayyakkannu Manivannan, Dongling Ma and Nianqiang Wu
Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00300J
Come and see this public lecture!
Tuesday 23 November, 2010, The Chemistry Centre, London
Speaker: Mike Pitts, CiKTN
This lecture will highlight one of the priority areas in the RSC Roadmap: Sustainable Product Design. It will look at how the entire life cycle of products – from design through to disposal – can be assessed to help preserve resources. Mike Pitt’s talk will be stressing the scale of the sustainability challenge, while highlighting how it should be viewed as an opportunity by chemistry-using companies.
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An Energy & Environmental Science article on photovoltaics has been featured in the New Scientist.
The article by Brian Korgel and colleagues at The University of Texas at Austin describes a new nanocrystal photovoltaic device which can be sprayed on to a surface – making it very useful for flexible materials such as clothes or beach towels!
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Spray-deposited CuInSe2 nanocrystal photovoltaics
Vahid A. Akhavan, Brian W. Goodfellow, Matthew G. Panthani, Dariya K. Reid, Danny J. Hellebusch, Takuji Adachi and Brian A. Korgel
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2010, 3, 1600-1606
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