Biodegradable polymers such as polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) are part of the emerging portfolio of renewable materials, which are addressing the issue of plastic waste. Syngas, as a cheap, renewable and sustainable resource that can be obtained from biomass or waste, is viewed as an excellent feedstock for different bioprocesses, including syngas to PHB bioconversion. However, due to the hazardous ...

Buildings are the largest energy consumers and greenhouse gases emitters, both in the developed and developing countries. In continental Europe, the energy use in buildings alone is responsible for up to 50% of carbon dioxide emission. Urgent changes are, therefore, required relating to energy saving, emissions control, production and application of materials, use of renewable resources, and to...

Powering the future, while maintaining a cleaner environment and a strong socioeconomic growth, is going to be one of the biggest challenges faced by mankind in the 21st century. The first step in overcoming the challenge for a sustainable future is to use energy more efficiently so that the demand for fossil fuels can be reduced drastically. The second step is a transition from the use of foss...

1 Key Laboratory of Advanced Technologies of Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China, 2 Center of Nanomaterials for Renewable Energy, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, School of Electrical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China, 3 Institute of Nuclear Physics and C...

graded Cu„In,Ga...Se2 solar cells using electron beam induced current Gregory Brown, Vladimir Faifer, Alex Pudov, Sergey Anikeev, Eugene Bykov, Miguel Contreras, and Junqiao Wu Nanosolar, Inc, San Jose, California 95138, USA National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA...

Renewable resources from agriculture have the potential to be an attractive alternative source of raw materials for industry. Their efficient use is important, since acreage for cultivation is limited. For such applications, supply planning can pose specific problems for processors of raw materials, because many crops are only seasonally available. Harvest quality and quantity as well as sales ...

photoexcitation of metal film Dmitriy S. Ivanov, Zhibin Lin, Baerbel Rethfeld, Gerard M. O’Connor, Thomas J. Glynn, and Leonid V. Zhigilei Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA National Centre for Laser Applications, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland Department of Physics and Optimas Research Center, Technical Unive...

Zhibin Lin,‡,§ Elodie Leveugle,‡,| Eduardo M. Bringa,⊥ and Leonid V. Zhigilei*,‡ Department of Materials Science and Engineering, UniVersity of Virginia, 395 McCormick Road, CharlottesVille, Virginia 22904-4745, Renewable Energy Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (REMRSEC), Department of Physics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, Thales Research and Technology Fra...

Research Update: Behind the high efficiency of hybrid perovskite solar cells Azhar Fakharuddin,1,2,a Francesca De Rossi,3,a Trystan M. Watson,3 Lukas Schmidt-Mende,1 and Rajan Jose4,a 1Department of Physics, University of Konstanz, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany 2School of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology, H-12, Islamabad, Pakistan 3College of Engine...