molybdenum disulphide Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 13 Nov 2015 14:23:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 New Nanomaterial Could End the Water Crisis https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nanomaterial-water-crisis/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nanomaterial-water-crisis/#respond Fri, 13 Nov 2015 14:23:24 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=57607 New nanomaterial, developed by US scientists, promises huge cost savings and boost of efficiency of water desalination. Droughts are posing severe risks to many communities around the world. If some years ago lack of access to fresh water resources was mostly a problem of the developing world, now there is simply no guarantee for anyone […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nanomaterial-water-crisis/feed/ 0 57607 New Material on the Cutting Edge of Alternative Energy Produced https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-material-cutting-edge-alternative-energy-produced-20141105/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-material-cutting-edge-alternative-energy-produced-20141105/#respond Thu, 06 Nov 2014 00:14:46 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=50046 A compound that is used for lubrication has found a new application, err, actually at least two – as a supercapacitor and hydrogen catalyst. Chemists at the Rice University, led by James Tour, took molybdenum disulphide and turned it into a thin, nanoporous film. While it was nonreactive on its flat sides, it was found […]

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