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EMRS Energy & Environmental Science Poster Prize

18 May 2011

We are delighted to announce that Energy & Environmental Science awarded a Poster Prize at the Spring EMRS meeting in Nice, France.

The Poster Prize was awarded to the best student from the ‘Advanced inorganic materials and concepts for photovoltaics’ symposium, as part of the Bilateral Energy Conference.

Congratulations to the winner – Myriam Paire (IRDEP, Paris) – who received a prize certificate, as well as a financial award, for her work on microscale polycrystalline thin film solar cells.
Check out the latest Energy & Environmental Science articles on photovoltaics – read more

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Conversion of biomass-derived feedstocks using zeolite catalysts

17 May 2011

By Jane Hordern, Deputy Editor.

Energy & Environmental Science ‘HOT’ paper – read it today!

This paper by Editorial Board member George Huber discusses the conversion of biomass-derived feedstocks into aromatics and olefins using zeolite catalysts. They show how it can be explained by the hydrogen to carbon effective (H/Ceff) ratios of the feeds.

Catalytic conversion of biomass-derived feedstocks into olefins and aromatics with ZSM-5: the hydrogen to carbon effective ratio
Huiyan Zhang, Yu-Ting Cheng, Tushar P. Vispute, Rui Xiao and George W. Huber
Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1EE01230D

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Announcing new Advisory Board members

16 May 2011

By Jane Hordern, Deputy Editor.

Energy & Environmental Science is delighted to welcome three new members to its Advisory Board:

Yang Shao-Horn (MIT, USA)
Materials for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage (Batteries and Fuel Cells); Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Electrochemical Reactions
Chang-jun Liu (Tianjin, China)
Catalysis; Utilization of Greenhouse Gases; Natural Gas Conversion; Plasma Chemical Processing for Energy; Fuels and Environment
Emilio Palomares (ICIQ, Spain)
Molecular photovoltaic devices based on nanostructured metal oxides and organic conductors; photophysical characterization of molecular materials and molecular devices

We welcome them all to the Board and look forward to working with them over the coming months and years.

Read some of their latest Energy & Environmental Science articles:

Nanostructured carbon-based electrodes: bridging the gap between thin-film lithium-ion batteries and electrochemical capacitors
Seung Woo Lee, Betar M. Gallant, Hye Ryung Byon, Paula T. Hammond and Yang Shao-Horn
Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, Advance Article, Perspective

Promotion effects of Ga2O3 on CO2 adsorption and conversion over a SiO2-supported Ni catalyst
Yun-xiang Pan, Pingyu Kuai, Yuan Liu, Qingfeng Ge and Chang-jun Liu
Energy Environ. Sci., 2010, 3, 1322-1325

Energy levels, charge injection, charge recombination and dye regeneration dynamics for donor–acceptor π-conjugated organic dyes in mesoscopic TiO2 sensitized solar cells
Miquel Planells, Laia Pellejà, John N. Clifford, Mariachiara Pastore, Filippo De Angelis, Núria López, Seth R. Marder and Emilio Palomares
Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, 4, 1820-1829

See who else is on the Energy & Environmental Science Advisory and Editorial Boards.

New Scientific Editors

We are also pleased to announce that Emilio Palomares, alongside Editorial Board member Peng Wang (CIAC, China), will also act as Scientific Editors for Energy & Environmental Science. They will have the special responsibility of providing additional support and advice to the Cambridge Editorial Office regarding submissions in the area of molecular solar conversion.

Submit your latest research to Energy & Environmental Science today!

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EES desalination paper featured on ACS Noteworthy Chemistry

16 May 2011

By Jane Hordern, Deputy Editor.

An Energy & Environmental Science paper has featured today on ACS Noteworthy Chemistry – check it out today!

Very low temperature membrane-free desalination by directional solvent extraction
Anurag Bajpayee, Tengfei Luo, Andrew Muto and Gang Chen
Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, 4, 1672-1675
DOI: 10.1039/C1EE01027A

This article was also featured in Chemistry World – read the article:

Simple salt removal to get fresh water

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Photo-assisted water oxidation

13 May 2011

By Jane Hordern, Deputy Editor.

US scientists have used a silicon photoanode substrate to process cobalt metal thin films to form a cobalt-based water oxidation catalyst (Co–Pi).

The Co–Pi loaded electrodes show significant improvement (x 100) over bare silicon photoanodes. Integrating chemical electrocatalysts for water splitting and photoanode materials to achieve light assisted water oxidation for the generation of solar fuels is a longstanding challenge.

The team’s results demonstrate the importance of material selection and device engineering to harness the solar spectrum towards catalytic chemical fuel production. The robust and abundant silicon electrode and direct processing of the cobalt metal produce an improved light assisted water oxidation device.

Reference:
Photo-assisted water oxidation with cobalt-based catalyst formed from thin-film cobalt metal on silicon photoanodes
Elizabeth R. Young, Ronny Costi, Sarah Paydavosi, Daniel G. Nocera and Vladimir Bulović
Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1EE01209F

Read it today!

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Energy & Environmental Science Poster Prize Awarded at EMRS

12 May 2011

By Jane Hordern, Deputy Editor.

An Energy & Environmental Science Poster Prize was awarded during the EMRS Awards Ceremony yesterday.

The Poster Prize was awarded to the best student from the ‘Advanced inorganic materials and concepts for photovoltaics’ symposium, as part of the Bilateral Energy Conference at the Spring EMRS in Nice, France.

Congratulations to the winner – Myriam Paire (IRDEP, Paris) – who received a prize certificate, as well as a financial award, for her work on microscale polycrystalline thin film solar cells.

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E-MRS: Harry Atwater Keynote Lecture

10 May 2011

By Jane Hordern, Deputy Editor.

EES author, Harry Atwater, gave a keynote lecture today at the E-MRS Bilateral Energy Conference in Nice. His talk gave an overview of his reseach covering many aspects of solar energy conversion, including new nanomaterials for photovoltaics and light trapping.

Read Professor Atwater’s latest ESS papers:

820 mV open-circuit voltages from Cu2O/CH3CN junctions
Chengxiang Xiang, Gregory M. Kimball, Ronald L. Grimm, Bruce S. Brunschwig, Harry A. Atwater and Nathan S. Lewis
Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, 4, 1311-1318
DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00554A, Paper

High-performance Si microwire photovoltaics
Michael D. Kelzenberg, Daniel B. Turner-Evans, Morgan C. Putnam, Shannon W. Boettcher, Ryan M. Briggs, Jae Yeon Baek, Nathan S. Lewis and Harry A. Atwater
Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, 4, 866-871
DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00549E, Communication

Si microwire-array solar cells
Morgan C. Putnam, Shannon W. Boettcher, Michael D. Kelzenberg, Daniel B. Turner-Evans, Joshua M. Spurgeon, Emily L. Warren, Ryan M. Briggs, Nathan S. Lewis and Harry A. Atwater
Energy Environ. Sci., 2010, 3, 1037-1041
DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00014K, Communication

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Solid-state hydrogen storage for mobile applications: Quo Vadis?

06 May 2011

By Jane Hordern, Deputy Editor.

‘HOT’ off the press – read this article now

Solid-state hydrogen storage approaches are reviewed and strategies for further improvement are discussed in this informative feature article…

Perspective article
Solid-state hydrogen storage for mobile applications: Quo Vadis?
Claudia Weidenthaler and Michael Felderhoff
Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00771D

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Energy & Environmental Science Issue 5 out now

05 May 2011

By Jane Hordern, Deputy Editor.

May’s issue of Energy & Environmental Science has now been published online – take a look today…

Here’s just some of the great content from this month’s issue:

Analysis article
Life-cycle analysis of product integrated polymer solar cells
Nieves Espinosa, Rafael García-Valverde and Frederik C. Krebs, Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, 4, 1547

Review
Carbon nanotubes and their composites in electrochemical applications
Grzegorz Lota, Krzysztof Fic and Elzbieta Frackowiak, Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, 4, 1592

Perspective
Nuclear fuel in generation II and III reactors: research issues related to high burn-up
C. Degueldre, J. Bertsch, G. Kuri and M. Martin, Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, 4, 1651

Issue 5 also features some great artwork:

The outside cover highlights the work by Vilas Pol and Michael Thackeray on lithium electrochemical cells (DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00256A) and the inside cover features electronic/ionic conducting membranes for artificial photosynthesis by Nate Lewis and colleagues (DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00384K).

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Capturing CO2 – EES papers featured in C&EN

04 May 2011

By Jane Hordern, Deputy Editor.

Two Energy & Environmental Science papers have been featured this week in an article on Capturing CO₂ in C&EN

Take a look at the at the C&EN article or read the two Energy & Environmental Science papers today:

High efficiency nanocomposite sorbents for CO₂ capture based on amine-functionalized mesoporous capsules
Genggeng Qi, Yanbing Wang, Luis Estevez, Xiaonan Duan, Nkechi Anako, Ah-Hyung Alissa Park, Wen Li, Christopher W. Jones and Emmanuel P. Giannelis
Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, 4, 444-452
DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00213E

Sustainable porous carbons with a superior performance for CO₂ capture
Marta Sevilla and Antonio B. Fuertes
Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, 4, 1765-1771
DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00784F

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EMRS Energy & Environmental Science Poster Prize

Conversion of biomass-derived feedstocks using zeolite catalysts

Announcing new Advisory Board members

EES desalination paper featured on ACS Noteworthy Chemistry

Photo-assisted water oxidation

Energy & Environmental Science Poster Prize Awarded at EMRS

E-MRS: Harry Atwater Keynote Lecture

Solid-state hydrogen storage for mobile applications: Quo Vadis?

Energy & Environmental Science Issue 5 out now

Capturing CO2 – EES papers featured in C&EN

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