01.12.11HighlightsHigh intensity laser-light may improve the heat-to-electricity conversion efficiency of Sb2Te3, a key material used in thermoelectric devices, by inducing the crystallization of nm-scaled particles in the Sb2Te3 film.
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01.07.11HighlightsThe world’s fastest synthetic molecular electrocatalyst for hydrogen oxidation has been designed, synthesized, and tested by researchers at the Center for Molecular Electrocatalysis, a multi-institutional Energy Frontier Research Center led by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).
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12.22.10HighlightsProfessor Michael R. Wasielewski and researchers at the Argonne-Northwestern Solar Research (ANSER) Center, a DOE Energy Frontier Research Center, in collaboration with Professor Brian M. Hoffman of Northwestern University have designed a protein-protein complex with the fastest recorded interprotein electron transfer rate constant.
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09.30.10HighlightsResearchers at the University of Texas at Austin-based DOE Energy Frontier Research Center for Understanding Charge Separation and Transfer at Interfaces in Energy Materials have developed a simple synthetic method to produce highly pure block copolymers that may find applications in organic photovoltaic (solar cell) devices.
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07.14.10HighlightsEngineers at the California Institute of Technology, part of the Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation (a DOE Energy Frontier Research Center led by the University of Delaware) have developed a novel Tin-Beta zeolite catalyst that efficiently converts biomass derived sugars.
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04.06.10HighlightsA new mechanism has been discovered that holds promise for reducing the damage experienced by materials in fission or fusion reactors by enhancing the "healing" of the point defects (interstitials and vacancy) created by the exposure to energetic neutrons in these environments.
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03.03.10HighlightsResearchers at the DOE Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) led by the California Institute of Technology have demonstrated for the first time that the conventional light-trapping limit for absorbing materials can be surpassed.
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