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Tag: Molecular Foundry

Mapping Battery Materials With Atomic Precision

Image - Atomic resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy images and electron diffraction patterns, arranged on a rendering of a battery, show how the structure of lithium-rich and manganese-rich transition metal oxides used inside battery cathodes changes with composition. The images also show how the surface of the cathode has a different structure than the interior. (Credit: Berkeley Lab)

Scientists Confirm Century-Old Speculation on the Chemistry of a High-Performance Battery

Image - An array of solar panels and windmills. (Credit: PxHere)

Imaging Flexible DNA ‘Building Blocks’ in 3-D

Image - A collection of 120 3-D images of Bennett linkages. The images were created using individual-particle electron tomography (IPET), a technique developed at Berkeley Lab. (Credit: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

New Discovery Could Improve Organic Solar Cell Performance

Image - In this image, an optically excited spin-singlet state (red), which features electron-hole pairs, splits into a pair of spin-triplet states (blue). The individual triplets have equal and opposite center-of-mass momenta – they behave like waves moving in opposite directions along a crystal. The gray and white spheres represent carbon and hydrogen atoms, respectively. (Credit: Florian Brown-Altvater/Berkeley Lab)

Coupling Experiments to Theory to Build a Better Battery

X-Rays Reveal ‘Handedness’ in Swirling Electric Vortices

Image - Just as people can be left-handed or right-handed, scientists have observed chirality or "handedness" in swirling electric vortices in a layered material. (Credit: Pixabay)

X-Rays Provide Key Insights on Path to Lithium-Rich Battery Electrode

Image - Electric car makers are intensely interested in lithium-rich battery cathodes that could significantly increase driving range. A new study opens a path to making them live up to their promise. (Stanford University/3Dgraphic)

New Catalyst Gives Artificial Photosynthesis a Big Boost

Photo - Phil De Luna of University of Toronto is one of the lead authors of a new study that reports a low-cost, highly efficient catalyst for chemical conversion of water into oxygen. The catalyst is part of an artificial photosynthesis system in development at the University of Toronto. (Credit: Tyler Irving/University of Toronto)

Scientists Solve a Magnesium Mystery in Rechargeable Battery Performance

Image - Clip art showing rechargeable batteries in the shape of a car.

Berkeley Lab Tech Brings Nobel-Winning Cryo-EM Into Sharper Focus

Nanoparticle Supersoap Creates ‘Bijel’ With Potential as Sculptable Fluid

Copper Catalyst Yields High Efficiency CO2-to-Fuels Conversion