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Contents list for Energy & Environmental Science, issue 7, 2009
Front cover
Energy Environ. Sci., 2009, 2, 713
DOI: 10.1039/b911442b
Contents and Chemical Technology
Energy Environ. Sci., 2009, 2, 715
DOI: 10.1039/b911443m
Analysis
Environmental problems in the Estonian oil shale industry
Anto Raukas and Jaan-Mati Punning,
Energy Environ. Sci., 2009, 2, 723
DOI: 10.1039/b819315k
New technologies in oil shale processing have higher thermal efficiencies, oil yield and produce fewer emissions and wastes.
Reviews
Fuel cells for micro-combined heat and power generation
Adam Hawkes, Iain Staffell, Dan Brett and Nigel Brandon,
Energy Environ. Sci., 2009, 2, 729
DOI: 10.1039/b902222h
Fuel cells in your home—is the technology ready, what are the environmental benefits, and do the economics make sense?
Photoinduced activation of CO2 on Ti-based heterogeneous catalysts: Current state, chemical physics-based insights and outlook
Venkata Pradeep Indrakanti, James D. Kubicki and Harold H. Schobert,
Energy Environ. Sci., 2009, 2, 745
DOI: 10.1039/b822176f
Scope of the aspects of CO2 photoreduction discussed in this review: (a) surface state models; (b) and (c): surface site models of CO2 on Ti-based catalysts.
Perspective
Improving biodiesel fuel properties by modifying fatty ester composition
Gerhard Knothe,
Energy Environ. Sci., 2009, 2, 759
DOI: 10.1039/b903941d
The currently five approaches used to change the fatty ester composition of biodiesel fuels are discussed.
Communications
Bio-oxygenates and the peroxide number: a safety issue alert
Viktória Fábos, Gabriella Koczó, Hasan Mehdi, László Boda and István T. Horváth,
Energy Environ. Sci., 2009, 2, 767
DOI: 10.1039/b900229b
Bio-oxygenates should be analyzed for peroxide formation to ensure their safe use and a risk assessment of synthesis procedures performed to determine if peroxide-forming chemicals can be generated as side products, which may cause unexpected but serious risks.
High molar extinction coefficient amphiphilic ruthenium sensitizers for efficient and stable mesoscopic dye-sensitized solar cells
Lingamallu Giribabu, Challuri Vijay Kumar, Chikkam Srinivasa Rao, Veeranagari Gopal Reddy, Paidi Yella Reddy, Malapaka Chandrasekharam and Yarasi Soujanya,
Energy Environ. Sci., 2009, 2, 770
DOI: 10.1039/b903967h
Two new heteroleptic ruthenium (II) complexes were synthesized and characterized, which when anchored onto nanocrystalline TiO2 show efficiencies of 5.77 and 4.87% respectively.
Papers
Ternary cobalt spinel oxides for solar driven hydrogen production: Theory and experiment
Aron Walsh, Kwang-Soon Ahn, Sudhakar Shet, Muhammad N. Huda, Todd G. Deutsch, Heli Wang, John A. Turner, Su-Huai Wei, Yanfa Yan and Mowafak M. Al-Jassim,
Energy Environ. Sci., 2009, 2, 774
DOI: 10.1039/b822903a
The potential of ternary Co based spinel oxides is assessed for photoelectrochemical hydrogen production from water.
Integrated blocking layers for hybrid organic solar cells
Mine Memesa, Stefan Weber, Sebastian Lenz, Jan Perlich, Rüdiger Berger, Peter Müller-Buschbaum and Jochen S. Gutmann,
Energy Environ. Sci., 2009, 2, 783
DOI: 10.1039/b902754h
A novel integrated blocking layer composed of conducting titania nanoparticles embedded in an insulating polymer derived ceramic is prepared by a combination of sol–gel chemistry with PDMS containing amphiphilic block copolymer. The resulting titania network supports local currents >5 pA and enables devices which compare favorably to conventional TiO2 blocking layer.
Exergetic evaluation and improvement of biomass-to-synthetic natural gas conversion
Martin Jura
ík, Ana Sues and Krzysztof J. Ptasinski,
Energy Environ. Sci., 2009, 2, 791
DOI: 10.1039/b820824g
Synthetic Natural Gas can be produced at high exergetic efficiency from biomass.
Back matter
Energy Environ. Sci., 2009, 2, 802
DOI: 10.1039/b911446g
Back cover
Energy Environ. Sci., 2009, 2, 803
DOI: 10.1039/b911444k
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