conversion – TechConnect Briefs

Energy and Nanomaterials: Interfacial Synergy

Vander Wal R.L., Penn State University, US

With energy at the forefront of the national economy and security energy-directed applications are of particular interest. Not surprisingly, energy and materials are intimately related. Many forms of energy utilization, conversion and storage and generation [...]

BioGenerator – a Novel Bio-Technology for the Conversion of Hydrogen to Electricity

Karamanev D., University of Western Ontario, CA

One of the promising applications of the H2-to-electricity converters is in the field of power smoothing and storage. The technologies currently considered for smoothing and storage have certain problems. The use of hydrogen as a [...]

BioGenerator – a Novel Bio-Technology for the Conversion of Hydrogen to Electricity

Karamanev D., University of Western Ontario, CA

One of the promising applications of the H2-to-electricity converters is in the field of power smoothing and storage. The technologies currently considered for smoothing and storage have certain problems. The use of hydrogen as a [...]

Novel Structure of CMOS Voltage-to-Current Converter for High-Voltage Applications

Jankowski M., Napieralski A., Technical University of Lodz, PL

The research presented in this paper is focused on combining voltage-based and current-based modes of high-voltage analog signal processing. The research originated from necessity of interfacing a large current-mode processing module inside voltage-mode integrated circuit. [...]

Nano-docking stations for synfuels catalysts on carbon nanotubes

Graham U.M., Khatri R.A., Coville N.J., Dozier A., Davis B.H., University of Kentucky, US

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) represent a distinctive class of catalyst supports and provide promising scenarios for catalytic reactions including fuel synthesis. The mobility of supported catalytic nanoparticles (NPs) on CNTs typically results in agglomeration leading to [...]