APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Grid scale energy storage Potentially, production of high-value chemicals ADVANTAGES: Low self-discharge Commercially available materials ABSTRACT: Researchers Adam Z. Weber and Michael Tucker developed improvements to the Cerium-Hydrogen (Ce-H2) redox flow cell by optimizing cell materials, electrolyte composition and … [Read more...] about Cerium Hydrogen Redox Flow Batteries 2016-051
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Enhanced UV Photon Capture in Ligand-Sensitized Nanocrystals 2016-035
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Photovoltaics ADVANTAGES: 1,000X light absorption enhancement Drop in replacement for lanthanide nanoparticles Higher UV absorption without effect on downconversion or reemission ABSTRACT: Berkeley Lab researchers Peter Agbo and Rebecca Abergel have improved the efficiency of downconverting lanthanide nanoparticles by using … [Read more...] about Enhanced UV Photon Capture in Ligand-Sensitized Nanocrystals 2016-035
Redox-Active Supramolecular Binders for Lithium Sulfur Batteries 2016-080
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Lithium Sulfur (Li-S) rechargeable batteries for Consumer electronic devices (especially cellular devices) Electric Vehicles Grid storage Electric powered aviation ADVANTAGES: Highly reversible discharge capacity Stable and high rate battery cycling Redox active binder ABSTRACT: A team of researchers at Berkeley … [Read more...] about Redox-Active Supramolecular Binders for Lithium Sulfur Batteries 2016-080
Modular Energy-discriminating Photon Counting Detectors for Multi-Energy X-Ray Imaging 2016-033
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Spectral CT for medical imaging Security imaging Fiber-optic communications ADVANTAGES: High spatial resolution, sensitivity, and count rates Yields cleaner CT images Enables lower dose imaging Functional imaging ABSTRACT: Berkeley Lab’s Woon-Seng Choong has developed a new discriminating photon-counting detector … [Read more...] about Modular Energy-discriminating Photon Counting Detectors for Multi-Energy X-Ray Imaging 2016-033
Direct Growth of Single Crystalline III-V Semiconductors on Amorphous Substrates 2016-037
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: High performance solar cells Electronic and optoelectronic devices, e.g., transistors, photodetectors, lasers ADVANTAGES: Less costly and complex than current methods Growth on amorphous substrates Applicable to a range of III-V materials ABSTRACT: A Berkeley Lab team of researchers led by Ali Javey has developed a … [Read more...] about Direct Growth of Single Crystalline III-V Semiconductors on Amorphous Substrates 2016-037