The air-pressure control atmosphere furnace developed by Professor Nakano is a sintering furnace that uses a regular 100 V AC power outlet and saves up to 800 W of energy. With this furnace, ...

For the first time, researchers have created a nanocomposite of ceramics and a two-dimensional material, opening the door for new designs of nanocomposites with such applications as solid-state ...

Laser-based manufacturing technologies could play a decisive role in transferring solid-state batteries from laboratory ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Ceramics are an important class of materials with widespread applications in electronics and energy storage due to their high thermal, mechanical, and chemical stability.

A fast and accurate surrogate model screens over 10,000 possible metal-oxide supports for a platinum nanocatalyst to prevent sintering under high temperatures. Metal nanoparticles catalyze reactions ...

Green hydrogen production technology is absolutely necessary to finally realize the hydrogen economy because unlike gray hydrogen, green hydrogen does not generate large amounts of carbon dioxide in ...

Innovations in alumina ceramic production techniques can increase the utilization of alumina ceramics in industrial applications. For instance, simple alumina components, such as alumina discs, can be ...

Bismuth oxide-based solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) represent a promising technology for clean energy conversion, utilising the exceptional ionic conductivity of δ-Bi₂O₃. The unique crystal structure ...

The Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT has published a technical article on the production of solid-state batteries. In it, the Aachen-based ...

Researchers have successfully fabricated a lithium trivanadate (LVO) cathode thick film on a garnet-type oxide solid electrolyte using the aerosol deposition method. The LVO cathode thick-film ...