The beginning of this project dates back to 2012-2013, when team leader Ayrat Dimiev was working at Rice University, Houston, TX, USA, with Professor James Tour. Together with Natnael Behabtu, at that ...

Mitch Jacoby Mitch took a liking to the physical and analytical sides of chemistry as an undergrad at Cleveland State University and stayed with it at Northwestern, where he did his PhD work in ...

Li-ion and Na-ion batteries operate through a process called intercalation, where ions are stored and exchanged between two chemically different electrodes. In contrast, co-intercalation, a process in ...

Chiral recognition by an asymmetrically modified clay surface was reported by one of the present authors forty years ago. However, how chiral metal complexes organize in the interlayer space of a clay ...

Graphite battery boost. Helper halides bring unprecedented capacity and excellent cyclability. Credit: iStock alxpin Lithium ion batteries are a useful and powerful energy storage option. Commonly ...

The physical characteristic known as intercalation is essential for operating many contemporary, cutting-edge technologies, ranging from lithium-ion batteries to next-generation superconductors. Image ...

Although lithium-ion batteries are ubiquitous in portable electronics, increased charge rate and discharge power are required for more demanding applications such as electric vehicles. The high-rate ...

Peter Bruce of the University of St. Andrews and team have devised a new and efficient way to improve battery power as well as make charge last longer by using lithium oxide intercalation materials.

The aim of this project was to synthesize unique, inorganic, non-equilibrium structures/materials for industrial use by drastically changing the composition, atomic configuration and electronic ...

A single-layer planar carbon sheet with four- and eight-membered rings, known as T-graphene, could be an intrinsic elemental 2D superconductor with a superconducting transition temperature (T c) of ...