Front cover image: Carbon-based thermoelectric materials have shown remarkable advancements since the discovery of conducting polymers, carbon allotropes, and most recently, organic-inorganic hybrid halide perovskites. However, power factor is still low compared to state-of-the-art inorganic semiconductors from either Seebeck coefficient or electrical conductivity. In article number 10.1002/cey...

ISSN 2250 – 1088 | © 2011 Bonfring Abstract--This paper presents a high-Q MWCNT (Multi Wall Carbon Nano-Tube) network based pulse-shaped on-chip embedded nano-inductor for power electronic circuits. This high-Q inductor is fabricated using a composite of MWCNT (multi Wall Carbon Nano Tube) network and Fe in semiconductor processing environment. A layer of nano composite film (Cu/CoFe2o4) is pat...

This photocatalytic conversion of carbon dioxide laboratory experiment is designed for an advanced undergraduate chemistry or chemical engineering majors laboratory course. It introduces the science of emerging sustainable energy technologies through hands-on experimentation. By photo-irradiating a glass flask containing water, catalyst, and carbon dioxide, students explore the potential of new...

Organic solar cells are flexible and inexpensive, and expected to have a wide range of applications. Many transparent organic solar cells have been reported and their success hinges on full transparency and high power conversion efficiency. Recently, carbon nanotubes and graphene, which meet these criteria, have been used in transparent conductive electrodes. However, their use in top electrode...

In this study, carbon nano-micro spheres with tightly controllable size, regular and perfect shape, high yields and narrow size distribution were prepared simply from glucose and DI water as precursors using a hydrothermal method. By setting the initial concentration of glucose solution and changing the hydrothermal process time at a constant temperature of 160 °C, carbon spheres with various s...

Experimental and theoretical techniques are used to investigate the impact of tin doping on the formation and the thermal stability of oxygenand carbon-related defects in electron-irradiated Czochralski silicon. The results verify previous reports that Sn doping reduces the formation of the VO defect and suppresses its conversion to the VO2 defect. Within experimental accuracy, a small delay in...

Abstract We propose to uncover new opportunities for predictive nano-sized energetic materials performance enhancement through manipulating by vibrational interactions, energy exchange as well heat transfer within the reaction zones at nanoscale. The combination of multiple carbon nanostructured with various hybridizations a single substance can unique properties. Due recent fundamental discove...

Gears, Bearings, Springs, Fasteners etc. are some of the typical machine elements used to build machines and mechanical systems. The function of these machine elements is to transmit motion, to support moving members, to store energy, to join two components etc. Carbon nanotubes can be used as these machine elements when building nano-machines or nano-mechanical systems. In this paper we review...