A group of researchers led by the Wuhan University of Technology fabricated a carbon-based perovskite solar cell that uses a playdough-like graphite (PG) putty as an electrode. “The playdough-like ...

Selenium nanoparticles (NPs) are a good choice for biological and electrochemical sensing applications due to their low toxicity. In an article published in the journal ACS Applied Nano Materials, a ...

The outlook for the graphite market is promising due to its usage in the battery industry and energy storage applications, as well as steel-making. With China dominating the natural graphite market, ...

TOKYO, April 24 (Reuters) - Japan's trade and finance ministries said on Wednesday they will initiate an anti-dumping investigation into graphite electrodes from China. The electrodes are an ...

As the world's appetite for carbon-based materials like graphite increases, researchers presented evidence this week for a new carbon solid they named 'amorphous graphite.' As the world's appetite for ...

The worldwide push for sustainability requires better, more durable batteries to support renewable energy systems and ubiquitous electronic devices.

Researchers at Tokyo University of Science showed that sodium-ion batteries with hard carbon anodes can charge faster than lithium-ion batteries by using a diluted electrode method that reveals sodium ...

Japanese researchers have found sodium-ion batteries using hard carbon anodes can intrinsically charge faster than lithium-ion batteries, challenging long-held assumptions in battery research.