Conjugated tetraenes are important key substructures in electronic materials, natural products and pharmaceutical molecules. However, they are difficult to synthesize. They are conventionally prepared by repetitions of the stoichiometric reactions using phosphorus reagents and subsequent reduction and partial oxidation. For making one C=C double bond, one needs to conduct 3 step reactions by this procedure. […]
Battery Metals
Supercharged! Battery Power for the Future
What do smart phones, electric vehicles and solar panels have in common? They all demand more and more battery power to keep our homes, jobs and vehicles running. Lithium ion is still the “gold standard,” but researchers are looking at the entire periodic table for new combinations of elements that can conduct and store electrons […]
Li-Ion Battery Simulation Tool Predicts Cell and Pack Behavior With an Accuracy Better Than 5%
Sendyne Corp., a developer of sensing, modeling/simulation, and control products, announces the immediate availability of CellMod, the first lithium-ion battery simulation tool that can predict cell and pack behavior with an accuracy of better than 5 percent under a wide range of test conditions. The software includes Sendyne’s Pseudo-2D compact physics-based Li-ion battery cell model […]
Artificial photosynthesis: The two-in-one technology that could save the planet
Photosynthesis: fundamental mechanism for life on this planet, scourge of GCSE biology students, and now a potential way to fight climate change. Scientists are working hard to develop an artificial method that mimics how plants use sunlight to transform CO2 and water into something we can use as fuel. If it works, it’ll be a […]
Indian States gear up to auction 72 mineral blocks by end of this financial year
Seventy two (72) more mineral blocks are set to go under the hammer before the end of this financial year. Twelve mineral-rich states- Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Telangana and Tamil Nadu would put the blocks to auctions. The mineral blocks on offer are those of iron ore, bauxite, […]
SP Angel outlines key 2018 trends as battery raw materials heat up
London-based brokerage SP Angel has outlined the key trends that characterised the basket of energy metals during 2017 and the the outlook for 2018 in its new ‘Battery Raw Material Review, Outlook – SP Angel Commodity Research Book’ published on Wednesday. The report pointed out that the International Monetary Fund has forecast global gross domestic product (GDP) growth 3.7% and 3.8% into 2017 […]
