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Atmospheric isoprene measurements reveal larger-than-expected Southern Ocean emissions

Isoprene is a key trace component of the atmosphere emitted by vegetation and other organisms. It is highly reactive and can impact atmospheric composition and climate by affecting the greenhouse gases ozone and methane and secondary organic aerosol format ...

Nature Research2024

CEERS Key Paper. VI. JWST/MIRI Uncovers a Large Population of Obscured AGN at High Redshifts

Michaela Hirschmann

Mid-infrared (mid-IR) observations are powerful in identifying heavily obscured active galactic nuclei (AGN) that have weak emission in other wavelengths. Data from the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) on board the James Webb Space Telescope provides an exce ...

2023

A Highly Magnified Gravitationally Lensed Red QSO at z = 2.5 with a Significant Flux Ratio Anomaly

Hung-Hsu Chan

We present the discovery of a gravitationally lensed dust-reddened QSO at z = 2.517, identified in a survey for QSOs by infrared selection. Hubble Space Telescope imaging reveals a quadruply lensed system in a cusp configuration, with a maximum image separ ...

2023

Full Solution Process of a Near-Infrared Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cell Based on Novel Emissive Ruthenium Complexes of 1,10-Phenanthroline-Derived Ligands and a Eutectic Alloy as the Top Electrode

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin

Near-infrared luminescent materials have recently received considerable attention for a large number of applications, including in solid-state lighting, as bioimaging agents, as photovoltaic cells, and in the telecommunication industry. By adding diverse e ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2023

Transfer of Graphene under Ultra-High Vacuum

Darius Constantin Merk

This thesis reports on a novel method for graphene transfer that is fully UHV compatible, which has remained a challenge for a long time due to the necessity of supporting graphene for transfer and most often requiring supporting layer removal post-transfe ...

EPFL2022

Viscoelastic behavior of suspensions of reduced graphene oxide nanoparticles in epoxy

László Forró, Yves Leterrier, Arnaud Magrez, Maryam Majidian

The viscoelastic behavior of dilute suspensions of reduced graphene oxide (RGO) nanoparticles in a liquid SU8 epoxy dissolved in gamma butyrolactone was investigated at RGO concentrations in the range from 0.16 to 1.07 vol. %. Our results revealed that the ...

AMER INST PHYSICS2021

Metasurfaces for label-free biosensing mid-infrared optics and active photonic devices

Aleksandrs Leitis

Novel two-dimensional metamaterials, known as metasurfaces, have emerged as a breakthrough platform for controlling electromagnetic wave properties at the nanoscale. These metasurfaces consist of subwavelength nanoantennas or so-called meta-atoms, which ca ...

EPFL2021

Reduced Graphene Oxide as a Stabilizing Agent in Perovskite Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Mohammad Ibrahim Dar, Neha Arora, Jovana Milic

One of the most challenging obstacles to commercialization of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) is their instability toward environmental conditions. An emerging solution to overcome these challenges relies on graphene-based composites, in particular, solution ...

WILEY2018

Single step synthesis of Schottky-like hybrid graphene - titania interfaces for efficient photocatalysis

Aleksandra Radenovic

The development of 2D nanomaterial coatings across metal surfaces is a challenge due to the mismatch between the metal microstructure and the nanoscale materials. The naturally occurring thin oxidative layer present across all metal surfaces, may lead to l ...

Nature Research2018

What Limits Mobility in Hydrogenated Indium Oxide?

Laura Ding, Martial Duchamp, Michael Elias Stückelberger, Fabien Paul Jacques Dauzou, Monica Morales Masis

Understanding the electron scattering mechanisms dominating transport in high and low mobility transparent conducting oxides can provide insight into improving the properties of this crucial photovoltaic device layer. Contributions from ionized impurity sc ...

IEEE2018

Electrochemical Dynamics of a Single Platinum Nanoparticle Collision Event for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Haiqiang Deng, Pekka Eero Peljo

Chronoamperometry was used to study the dynamics of Pt nanoparticle (NP) collision with an inert ultramicroelectrode via electrocatalytic amplification (ECA) towards hydrogen evolution reaction. First, ECA and dynamic light scattering (DLS) results reveal ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2018

Novel highly active Pt/graphene catalyst for cathodes of Cu(II/I)-mediated dye-sensitized solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ladislav Kavan, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Yasemin Saygili, Marina Freitag

Novel highly active, optically-transparent electrode catalyst containing Pt, PtOx, graphene oxide and stacked graphene platelet nanofibers is developed for a cathode of Cu(II/I)-mediated dye-sensitized solar cells. The catalyst layer is deposited on a FTO ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2017

Solution-processed two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides for solar energy conversion

Xiaoyun Yu

The layered semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), such as MoS2, WS2, MoSe2, and WSe2, are promising light absorbers for solar energy conversion applications due to their superior optoelectronic properties and chemical stability, however s ...

EPFL2017

Double-layer graphene for enhanced tunable infrared plasmonics

Hatice Altug, Odeta Limaj, Daniel Rodrigo Lopez, Andreas Tittl

Graphene is emerging as a promising material for photonic applications owing to its unique optoelectronic properties. Graphene supports tunable, long-lived and extremely confined plasmons that have great potential for applications such as biosensing and op ...

Chinese Acad Sciences, Changchun Inst Optics Fine Mechanics And Physics2017

Deep Cfht Y-Band Imaging Of Vvds-F22 Field. I. Data Products And Photometric Redshifts

Huanyuan Shan

We present our deep Y-band imaging data of a two square degree field within the F22 region of the VIMOS VLT Deep Survey. The observations were conducted using the WIRCam instrument mounted at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT). The total on-sky time ...

Iop Publishing Ltd2017

High Temperature-Stable Perovskite Solar Cell Based on Low-Cost Carbon Nanotube Hole Contact

Michael Graetzel, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Konrad Domanski, Wolfgang Richard Tress, Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena, Antonio Abate, Michael Saliba

Mixed ion perovskite solar cells (PSC) are manufactured with a metal-free hole contact based on press-transferred single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) film infiltrated with 2,2,7,-7-tetrakis(N, N-di-p-methoxyphenylamine)-9,90-spirobifluorene (Spiro-OMeTAD ...

Wiley-Blackwell2017

Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV: Mapping the Milky Way, Nearby Galaxies, and the Distant Universe

Guillaume Blanc, Johan Comparat, Amy Jones, Jean-Paul Richard Kneib, Timothée Guy Olivier Delubac, Chao Liu, Anand Stéphane Raichoor, John Wilson, Hongyu Li, Yuting Wang, Meng Yang, David Schlegel, Cheng Li, Zheng Zheng, Jiayi Sun

We describe the Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV (SDSS-IV), a project encompassing three major spectroscopic programs. The Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment 2 (APOGEE-2) is observing hundreds of thousands of Milky Way stars at high resoluti ...

2017

Effect of Boron Doping On Graphene Oxide for Ammonia Adsorption

Andreas Züttel, Heena Yang, Youngdon Ko

Boron doped graphene oxide (B-GO) is a highly effective adsorbent for ammonia due to the high density of strong Lewis acid sites arising from the boron. GO was doped by various amounts of boron described as xB-GO (x= 1.0, 3.0, and 5.0). B-GO was successful ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2017

Theory, design and measurement of near-optimal graphene reconfigurable and non-reciprocal devices at terahertz frequencies

Michele Tamagnone

This thesis explores the applications of graphene for terahertz and far infrared optical components and antennas, with particular emphasis on tunable and non-reciprocal devices. Both terahertz technologies and graphene are emerging fields which hold many p ...

EPFL2016

Low-temperature Fabrication of Highly-Efficient, Optically-Transparent (FTO-free) Graphene Cathode for Co-Mediated Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with Acetonitrile-free Electrolyte Solution

Michael Graetzel, Paul Liska, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ladislav Kavan

Propionitrile electrolyte solutions mixed with sulfolane or with 1-ethyl 3-methyl imidazolium tetracyanoborate (ionic liquid) are optimized for Co(bpy)(3)(3+)/Co(bpy)(3)(2+)-tmediated DSCs working at low illumination intensity. Highly-active cathode cataly ...

Elsevier2016