The future of CO2 capture – amines or calcium? Is there a viable alternative to land-filling carbon? These issues and more are discussed in this technical review of CO2 capture technology.
An overview of CO2 capture technologies
Niall MacDowell, Nick Florin, Antoine Buchard, Jason Hallett, Amparo Galindo, George Jackson, Claire S. Adjiman, Charlotte K. Williams, Nilay Shah and Paul Fennell
Energy Environ. Sci., 2010, DOI: 10.1039/C004106H
Answers to “Could we” and “Must we” questions would provide much-needed clarity on the desirability and feasibility of large-scale bioenergy utilization.
Bioenergy: in search of clarity
Lee R. Lynd
Energy Environ. Sci., 2010, 3, 1150-1152
DOI: 10.1039/C002335N
Professor Lynd is the focus area leader for biomass deconstructionand conversion at the US Department of Energy Bioenergy Science Center, and initiator and steering committee chair of the Global Sustainable Bioenergy Project.
Communication article hot of the press – read it today!
Temperature dependence of oxygen reduction activity at Nafion-coated Pt/graphitized carbon black catalysts prepared by the nanocapsule method
Hiroshi Yano, Tomohiro Akiyama, Hiroyuki Uchida and Masahiro Watanabe
Energy Environ. Sci., 2010, DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00106F
Recent development of bulk-heterojunction hybrid solar cells is reviewed and strategies for further improvement are discussed:
Bulk-heterojunction hybrid solar cells based on colloidal nanocrystals and conjugated polymers
Yunfei Zhou, Michael Eck and Michael Krüger
Energy Environ. Sci., 2010,DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00143K
Clean, efficient electrolysis of formic acid via formation of eutectic, ionic mixtures with ammonium formate
Leigh Aldous and Richard G Compton
Energy Environ. Sci., 2010, DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00151A
Richard Compton (Oxford University) has performed clean and efficient electrolysis of formic acid, which is a promising compound for hydrogen storage and generation.
The electrocatalytic oxidation of formic acid was observed in the eutectic mixtures, and bulk electrolysis at platinum electrodes demonstrated electrolysis of the formic acid to form H2 and CO2.
Zn(II) versus Ru(II) phthalocyanine-sensitised solar cells. A comparison between singlet and triplet electron injectors
Andrea Listorti, Ismael López-Duarte, M. Victoria Martínez-Díaz, Tomás Torres, Tracy DosSantos, Piers R. F. Barnes and James R. Durrant
Energy Environ. Sci., 2010, DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00083C
Read this ‘HOT’ Minireview by Rodney S. Ruoff and Meryl D. Stoller where they review and validate best practice test methods that accurately predict a material’s performance:
Best practice methods for determining an electrode material’s performance for ultracapacitors
Meryl D. Stoller and Rodney S. Ruoff
Energy Environ. Sci., 2010, DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00074D
Managing Editor, Philip Earis, will be at the ACS Fall 2010 National Meeting and Exposition in Boston.
Let us know if you are going to be there and visit Booth 801, where you can find out the latest news from RSC Publishing.
ISACS4: Challenges in Renewable Energy, Boston, 2011
Following the great success of the first three ISACS meetings held July 2010, ISACS 4-6 have now been confirmed, including one specifically covering renewable energy.
Almost 500 delegates attended the first three ISACS meetings (International Symposia on Advancing the Chemical Sciences), held in San Francisco, Budapest, and Hong Kong, this July. The events, held in support of the launch of the new RSC journal Chemical Science, received critical acclaim from the delegates: survey results from over 100 attendees, suggest an incredible 97% would seek to attend future ISACS meetings!
Why not find out why these events were so well received, by attending ISACS4 in Boston next year?
ISACS1 – held in San Francisco, July 2010
Scientific Organising Committee:
– Daniel Nocera (Chair), MIT, Boston, USA
– Christopher Cummins, MIT, Boston, USA
– Jeffrey Long, UC Berkeley, San Francisco, USA
– James Durrant, Imperial College, London, UK
Further information, along with speaker details, will be available in due course, but we suggest you hold these dates in your diary straight away.
This energy meeting forms part of a suite of three ISACS events in 2011, which also include:
Read more about the success of the 2010 ISACS events.
Issue 8 of Energy & Environmental Science is now out and contains a great mix of articles, take a look now
Here are just a few to highlight:
