Chemists have developed a new iron-nickel oxide catalyst for water splitting, the reaction that produces hydrogen fuel. The patent-pending catalyst shows significantly higher activity in the ...

Nanoparticle research has progressed leaps and bounds mainly due to the unexpected properties exhibited by basic elements when their atomic and molecular properties are altered. Nanoparticles have ...

A team of chemists at Stanford have created a nickel-iron battery prototype that can charge and discharge in seconds using carbon nanostructures. Usually, a nickel-iron battery is simply two ...

Lithium-ion batteries power everything from smartphones to electric cars, but they rely on materials that raise environmental and ethical concerns. Metals like nickel and cobalt are costly to mine, ...

Taking Mother Nature's lead, researchers have sought new methods and materials capable of mimicking photosynthesis. Researchers at Boston College report that modifying the surface of hematite with a ...