Solid-state lithium batteries are widely regarded as the future of safe and high-energy energy storage systems, yet their ...

This study is led by Prof. Shuangyin Wang (College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University) and Prof. Chen Chen (College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University).

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Scientists have sought to leverage atomic defects to enhance electrocatalytic performance for clean energy applications. However, the inability to precisely study defects' ...

• The underlying migration mechanism of Mg 2+ in cathode materials and roles of defects in Mg 2+ migration in cathode materials were studied. • Applications of defect engineering to Mg 2+ migration in ...

Atomic-scale defects in crystals can make excellent quantum memories that can be written and read out using lasers, and could form the basis of future quantum communications and computing systems.

(Nanowerk News) Metal-organic framework (MOF) nanocrystals are hybrid materials, built from metal clusters and organic linkers with an almost unlimited number of possible combinations. Their ...

Researchers from Penn State University and University of Chemistry and Technology Prague propose using the 2D material ...

As technology nodes shrink, end users are designing systems where each chip element is being targeted for a specific technology and manufacturing node. While designing chip functionality to address ...