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Jaci (Brant) Otero
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Chief Editor of #PRXEnergy • these views are mine. 🧪⚛️
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#PRXEnergy 's first Issue of 2025 is complete! 🧪⚛️ journals.aps.org/prxenergy/is...

⭐️Electolyzers + fuel cells
⭐️Carbon dioxide removal
⭐️Machine learning for renewable+sustainable energy
⭐️Photovoltaics
⭐️Nuclear reactors
⭐️Power grids
⭐️Batteries
⭐️Thermoelectrics
Researchers present mineral.ai.net, an online application that combs through the 10 most recent years of data from
@USGS
to provide comprehensive information on global mineral commodities and actionable, country-specific insights.

Read the paper: go.aps.org/43G1eYW
April 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Reposted by Jaci (Brant) Otero
The Trump administration is slated to terminate a $500 million grant from the Biden admin. slated for steel giant Cleveland-Cliffs in Middletown, Ohio — Vice President Vance's home town on less! — that would help the company upgrade & modernize its aging blast furnaces www.cnn.com/2025/04/08/c... 🤦
April 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
💧⚡ New Cover for #PRX_Energy
This cover illustrate comparison of #hydrogen and #oxygen bubble growth during water #electrolysis. Researchers revealed that oxygen bubbles cause stronger fluid motion and more local heating, impacting efficiency.

Read more here: journals.aps.org/.../10.1103/...
April 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Reposted by Jaci (Brant) Otero
🌱🔬 We created this #3Dillustration for Robert Wojcieszak. His research focuses on #hybrid_catalysis, #biomass_valorization, and #eco_efficient chemical processes
This visualization show how we can transform innovative instruments, materials, and devices into 3D visuals 🎨✨
April 4, 2025 at 8:25 AM
In #PRXEnergy: Using crystal structure predictions, ab initio molecular dynamics simulations, and quasi-harmonic free energy calculations, new study finds stable and metastable phases and temperature-induced transitions in silver-based chalcohalide antiperovskites. ⚛️🧪

🔗 go.aps.org/44gK2Js
April 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
In #PRXEnergy: An online application translates 10 recent years of data from USGS into country-specific, actionable insights related to global mineral production and reserves, including quantitative metrics of market concentration. platform available: mineral-ai.net. ⚛️ 🧪

🔗 go.aps.org/43G1eYW
April 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Reposted by Jaci (Brant) Otero
#PRXEnergy Volume 4, Issue 1 is complete, including our muography paper ⚛️🧪
April 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
#PRXEnergy 's first Issue of 2025 is complete! 🧪⚛️ journals.aps.org/prxenergy/is...

⭐️Electolyzers + fuel cells
⭐️Carbon dioxide removal
⭐️Machine learning for renewable+sustainable energy
⭐️Photovoltaics
⭐️Nuclear reactors
⭐️Power grids
⭐️Batteries
⭐️Thermoelectrics
April 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Reposted by Jaci (Brant) Otero
#ACS_Spring_2025 is over, and I'm are back with a new chemical cover! ✨

#carbon_nanotube_fibers are paving the way for a sustainable future. Authors demonstrated that carbon nanotube fibers exhibit full end-of-life recyclability without property degradation 🌱🌎
March 30, 2025 at 12:57 PM
New in #PRXEnergy: Using an ab initio framework and a unified heat transport theory, scientists study thermal transport in the orthorhombic phase of the Ag8SnSe6 and find that it exhibits glass-like thermal transport with nearly temperature-independent thermal conductivity.

go.aps.org/4ljO8qD
April 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Reposted by Jaci (Brant) Otero
Special report in #PRXEnergy

A report underscores the importance of large-scale implementation of #CarbonDioxide removal technologies in meeting carbon dioxide management targets, emphasizing that reducing carbon dioxide emissions must remain a top priority to meet #ClimateGoals

go.aps.org/4aSGCOu
Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Removal: A Physical Science Perspective
A report on atmospheric carbon dioxide removal (CDR) underscores the importance of CDR technologies in meeting carbon dioxide management targets, while emphasizing that reducing carbon dioxide emissio...
go.aps.org
February 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Reposted by Jaci (Brant) Otero
New in #PRXEnergy

A review from @hoyegroupox.bsky.social and colleagues on atmospheric pressure spatial atomic layer deposition for growing oxides, metals, and nitrides, discussing recent progress in materials for photovoltaics, light-emitting diodes, and batteries.

🔗 go.aps.org/3EDwf51 🧪
Spatial Atomic Layer Deposition for Energy and Electronic Devices
This Review describes the promise of atmospheric pressure spatial atomic layer deposition (SALD) for the precise manufacture of thin films at scale. Case studies of SALD for energy conversion and stor...
go.aps.org
February 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
New in #PRXEnergy: By using molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the behavior of aqueous electrolytes in porous, carbon-based electrochemical devices under voltage, new research reveals the impact of electrode flexibility on ion adsorption and capacitance. 🧪⚛️

🔗 go.aps.org/42rnkwZ
April 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Amala Elizabeth and Harry Mönig's Review in #PRXEnergy: Copper chalcopyrites, including CIGS, are promising for more efficient thin film #solar cells. This review consolidates recent findings and identifies key parameters to reduce interface recombination losses.

Read the paper: go.aps.org/4g8qCcT
December 20, 2024 at 5:03 PM
December 18, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Reposted by Jaci (Brant) Otero
A new approach to electroluminescent cooling using multilayer semiconductors could enhance performance by lowering operating voltage and improving efficiency, similar to multijunction solar cells. doi.org/g8vtds
Theorists propose new approach to electroluminescent cooling that works like inverted solar photovoltaic cells
In a study appearing in PRX Energy, researchers propose a way to improve the performance of electroluminescent cooling by using multilayer semiconductors.
techxplore.com
December 16, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Reposted by Jaci (Brant) Otero
In case you joined Bluesky recently
Want to know which energy researchers have migrated to @bsky.app ?
go.bsky.app/3v7yzoj
December 1, 2024 at 10:10 PM
In PRX Energy: Scientists seek to identify suitable materials for thermoelectric #energy conversion. A new study reports one candidate, demonstrating the transverse #thermoelectric effect in tungsten disilicide — a semimetal with axis-dependent conduction polarity.

🔗 go.aps.org/48Pi2Nw
December 2, 2024 at 7:53 PM
New in PRX Energy: Phase-change materials have an increased melt rate when the domain is on an incline. A new study analyzed latent heat #Energy storage with numerical simulations to find an optimal melt rate based on inclination angle and domain aspect ratio.
Read more: go.aps.org/3UD7YkU
November 19, 2024 at 8:52 PM
New in PRX Energy: Researchers develop a model for electrified metal-water interfaces that includes chemisorbed species and show that, to accurately describe the electrochemical interface, surface coverages of adsorbates should not be constrained.
🔗 go.aps.org/3YV6nIp
November 19, 2024 at 8:51 PM
#ICYMI in PRX Energy: A new understanding of key chemo-mechanical degradation mechanisms in aluminum anodes for #LithiumIonBatteries, with experimental results providing insights on material design strategies that could enable batteries with higher energy density.
🔗 go.aps.org/3YR8LkE
Effect of Microstructure on Chemo-Mechanical Damage Evolution in Aluminum Foil Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries
This experimental study examines how aluminum microstructures and defect densities affect the chemo-mechanical damage of aluminum-based anodes in lithium-ion batteries, revealing an inverse relationsh...
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November 15, 2024 at 4:58 PM
#ICYMI in PRX Energy: A new mathematical technique for analyzing nonlinear, multistable flows in power grids. This #ConvexOptimization approach can help analyze crucial but difficult-to-measure endpoints that impact the stable operation of electrical infrastructure.
🔗 go.aps.org/3Yze5b5
November 14, 2024 at 6:03 PM
New paper in PRX Energy -- Scientists produced the transverse #thermoelectric effect in single crystals of tungsten disilicide — a semimetal with axis-dependent conduction polarity — implying that this material could be used for transverse thermoelectric #energy conversion.
🔗 go.aps.org/48Pi2Nw
November 13, 2024 at 3:28 PM
In PRX Energy's latest issue: go.aps.org/3XK33iR

⭐️Perovskites
⭐️Cooling
⭐️Power grids
⭐️Batteries
⭐️Electrocatalysis
⭐️Thermoelectrics
⭐️Power electronics
November 13, 2024 at 3:25 PM