(Nanowerk News) Waste heat is a highly promising source of renewable energy; however, the efficiency of using heat to generate energy has historically been much lower than hydroelectric, wind or solar ...

2H-NbO₂—a novel van der Waals oxide synthesized by researchers from Japan—exhibits strongly correlated electronic properties with two-dimensional flexibility. By chemically extracting lithium ions ...

Persistence pays off. for 50 years, James L. Dye, an emeritus professor at Michigan State University, has been exploring the chemistry of alkali metals. In his career, he can claim a lot of firsts ...

Flexible electronics, microfluidics and other cutting-edge engineering applications utilize two-dimensional (2D) metal oxides. These oxide layers are thin yet powerful sheets that combine the useful ...

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Researchers have found a way to create alkali metal hydrides without the use of solvents or catalysts. The process, using room temperature mechanical ball milling, provides a lower cost method to ...

Skoltech scientists conducted a study that advances research on future batteries. Their paper, published in Small, sheds light on recent advances in designing multilayered structures of alkali metals, ...

A new study describes a catalyst that reduces nitrogen oxide emissions while resisting poisoning by sulfur and alkali metals (Environ. Sci. Technol. 2015, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b03972). It is already ...