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Focus on Materials for advanced energy conversion and storage
NPG Asia Materials is proud to present a web focus on materials for advanced energy conversion and storage. This web focus features a selection of articles that are related to the processes of converting and storing energy, including concepts of novel fuel cells, processing and materials for solar cells, as well as high-performance electrodes for supercapacitors and ion batteries.
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A perspective of mesoscopic solar cells based on metal chalcogenide quantum dots and organometal-halide perovskites Open
Jae Hui Rhee, Chih-Chun Chung and Eric Wei-Guang Diau
NPG Asia Materials 5: e68; Published online, 18 October 2013; doi:10.1038/am.2013.53
A highly reversible, low-strain Mg-ion insertion anode material for rechargeable Mg-ion batteries Open
Na Wu, Ying-Chun Lyu, Rui-Juan Xiao, Xiqian Yu, Ya-Xia Yin, Xiao-Qing Yang, Hong Li, Lin Gu and Yu-Guo Guo
NPG Asia Materials 6: e120; Published online, 22 August 2014; doi:10.1038/am.2014.61
Energy harvesting from organic liquids in micro-sized microbial fuel cells Open
Justine E Mink, Ramy M Qaisi, Bruce E Logan and Muhammad M Hussain
NPG Asia Materials 6: e89; Published online, 07 March 2014; doi:10.1038/am.2014.1
Rechargeable-hybrid-seawater fuel cell Open
Jae-Kwang Kim, Franziska Mueller, Hyojin Kim, Dominic Bresser, Jeong-Sun Park, Du-Hyun Lim, Guk-Tae Kim, Stefano Passerini and Youngsik Kim
NPG Asia Materials 6: e144; Published online, 21 November 2014; doi:10.1038/am.2014.106
MnOx/carbon nanotube/reduced graphene oxide nanohybrids as high-performance supercapacitor electrodes Open
Zhao Jun Han, Dong Han Seo, Samuel Yick, Jun Hong Chen and Kostya (Ken) Ostrikov
NPG Asia Materials 6: e140; Published online, 31 October 2014; doi:10.1038/am.2014.100
Scalable self-growth of Ni@NiO core-shell electrode with ultrahigh capacitance and super-long cyclic stability for supercapacitors Open
Minghao Yu, Wang Wang, Cheng Li, Teng Zhai, Xihong Lu and Yexiang Tong
NPG Asia Materials 6: e129; Published online, 19 September 2014; doi:10.1038/am.2014.78
Electroreduction of carbon monoxide to liquid fuel on oxide-derived nanocrystalline copper
Christina W. Li, Jim Ciston and Matthew W. Kanan
Nature 508: 504-507; Published online, 09 April 2014; doi:10.1038/nature13249