Archive for May, 2012

Upconversion article highlighted

The  Energy & Environmental Science article by Australian and German researchers which previously featured in this blog has now been highlighted by Printed Electronics World. The authors detail their work on improving the efficiency of solar cells through photochemical upconversion.

Read the full details of their exciting work today:

Improving the light-harvesting of amorphous silicon solar cells with photochemical upconversion
Yuen Yap Cheng, Burkhard Fückel, Rowan W. MacQueen, Tony Khoury, Raphaël G. C. R. Clady, Tim F. Schulze, N. J. Ekins-Daukes, Maxwell J. Crossley, Bernd Stannowski, Klaus Lips and Timothy W. Schmidt
Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, 5, 6953–6959, DOI: 10.1039/C2EE21136J

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EES Issue 5 out now!

The latest issue of Energy & Environmental Science is now online. You can read the full issue here.

EES_05_OFCThe outside front cover features a Perspective on the modeling of biomass processing by Na Guo, Stavros Caratzoulas, Douglas J. Doren, Stanley I. Sandler and Dionisios G. Vlachos.

Issue 5 contains a mix of Analysis, reviews and original research, here are just a few to highlight:

Analysis
The carbon abatement potential of high penetration intermittent renewables
Elaine K. Hart and Mark Z. Jacobson
Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, 5, 6592-6601
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE03490E

Review
Carbon capture with ionic liquids: overview and progress
Xiangping Zhang, Xiaochun Zhang, Haifeng Dong, Zhijun Zhao, Suojiang Zhang and Ying Huang
Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, 5, 6668-6681
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE21152A

Perspective
Mechanical properties of clathrate hydrates: status and perspectives
Fulong Ning, Yibing Yu, Signe Kjelstrup, Thijs J. H. Vlugt and Kirill Glavatskiy
Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, 5, 6779-6795
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE03435B

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Hot Perspective: Enzymes for solar-to-chemical energy conversion

One of the key challenges of using energy from the sun is that it is it is not always shining when and where it is needed. In their Energy & Environmental Science Perspective, Fraser Armstrong et al. from Oxford University discuss developments in strategies to store this solar energy so it available on a much more reliable basis. In particular they focus on the use of enzymes and bio-inspired catalysts in promoting the formation of solar fuels – an approach which is cheaper and more scalable than those using heavy metal-based catalysts.

Read this fascinating EES Perspective today:

Enzymes and bio-inspired electrocatalysts in solar fuel devices
Thomas W. Woolerton, Sally Sheard, Yatendra S. Chaudhary and Fraser A. Armstrong
DOI:
10.1039/C2EE21471G
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Top 10 most-read EES articles in March

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

The Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy
Can Li, Tao Zhang and Xinhe Bao
Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, 5, 6277-6277
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE90010F

Solar energy generation in three dimensions
Marco Bernardi, Nicola Ferralis, Jin H. Wan, Rachelle Villalon and Jeffrey C. Grossman
Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, 5, 6880-6884
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE21170J

Facile synthesis of Au@TiO2 core–shell hollow spheres for dye-sensitized solar cells with remarkably improved efficiency
Jiang Du, Jian Qi, Dan Wang and Zhiyong Tang
Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, 5, 6914-6918 
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE21264A 

Polyacrylonitrile/graphene composite as a precursor to a sulfur-based cathode material for high-rate rechargeable Li–S batteries
Lichao Yin, Jiulin Wang, Fengjiao Lin, Jun Yang and Yanna Nuli  
Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, 5, 6966-6972 
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE03495F 

Recent advances in hybrid photocatalysts for solar fuel production
Phong D. Tran, Lydia H. Wong, James Barber and Joachim S. C. Loo
Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, 5, 5902-5918
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE02849B 

Quartz (SiO2): a new energy storage anode material for Li-ion batteries 
Won-Seok Chang, Cheol-Min Park, Jae-Hun Kim, Young-Ugk Kim, Goojin Jeong and Hun-Joon Sohn
Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, 5, 6895-6899 
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE00003B 

Recent advances in solution-processed interfacial materials for efficient and stable polymer solar cells 
Hin-Lap Yip and Alex K.-Y. Jen
Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, 5, 5994-6011
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE02806A 

Catalysts made of earth-abundant elements (Co, Ni, Fe) for water splitting: Recent progress and future challenges
Pingwu Du and Richard Eisenberg
Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, 5, 6012-6021 
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE03250C 

An aqueous rechargeable lithium battery of excellent rate capability based on a nanocomposite of MoO3 coated with PPy and LiMn2O4
Wei Tang, Lili Liu, Yusong Zhu, Hong Sun, Yuping Wu and Kai Zhu
Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, 5, 6909-6913 
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE21294C

Na-ion batteries, recent advances and present challenges to become low cost energy storage systems
Verónica Palomares, Paula Serras, Irune Villaluenga, Karina B. Hueso, Javier Carretero-González and Teófilo Rojo
Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, 5, 5884-5901
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE02781J 

Why not take a look at the articles today and blog your thoughts and comments below

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