Forskning vid Uppsala universitet

Forskningsprojekt från 2019-01-01 till 2022-12-31

Charge transporting materials play a cruical role in one of the most active research areas: the development of molecular materials to facilitate the conversion of solar energy into electricity, fuels and ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2017-12-01 till 2020-12-31

The goal of the project is to improve scientific knowledge of processes important for optimizing the properties of fuel materials for fourth generation (GEN IV) nuclear reactors. We aim to establish the ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2015-01-01 till 2018-12-31

Global energy consumption is projected to triple from 2001 to 2100 reaching the milestone of 43 TW. Although recent analysis shows that fossil-fuel reserves could in principle be the supplier of such huge ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2015-01-01 till 2017-12-31

The hydrogen economy is elucidated as developing the alternate sources of clean and sustainable energy to commensurate the increasing demand of energy and declining supply of environment affecting fossil ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2017-01-01 till 2019-12-31

Detta projekt syftar till att utveckla Li-jonbatterier som produceras huvudsakligen från biomassa, och där litium kan återvinnas i lågtemperatursprocesser och med användning av icke-toxiska kemikalier. ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2017-01-01 till 2018-12-31

Nanocomposite materials formed by zero dimensional (0D) nanoclusters supported on two dimensional (2D) materials provide new opportunities for fabricating superior photocatalyst for water splitting. The ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2018-01-01 till 2021-12-31

My recent ground-breaking finding (Angew Chem Int Ed., 2016, 55, 12306, Hot Paper) shows that three dimensional organic polymer nano-dots (Pdots) prepared from pristine polymers are a family of efficient ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2013-01-01 till 2016-12-31

The Quaternary Chalcogenides are a group of semiconductors with huge potential in solid-state devices (an example being Cu2ZnSnS4, in development for solar cells). However, there is still a clear need ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2020-01-01 till 2023-12-31

Owing to its lightweight, fibrous structure, high electrical conductivity and mechanical integrity, carbon fiber paper has been widely used as multifunctional substrate and has led to state-of-the-art ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2015-07-01 till 2015-07-31

Dates: 4-6 November in Uppsala 2015.Web site: www.asmcs.se.Surface and colloid chemistry continues to play an important role in the investigation of biological systems for elucidating basic biological ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2013-01-01 till 2015-12-31

A challenge for science is to develop methods for creating large areas of material that have defined structures as the atoms in a crystal, but the scale of tens of nanometers. This project addresses this ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2013-01-01 till 2015-12-31

Chalcogenide films with reversible crystalline-amorphous phase transition have been commercialized as optical rewritable data-storage media (such as DVD-RW) for decades and are currently investigated as ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2013-01-01 till 2016-12-31

Today the main source of hydrogen is natural gas, a non-renewable, limited resource. The steam-based process for extracting hydrogen from the gas generates carbon dioxide - one of the primary global warming ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2019-01-01 till 2022-12-31

We propose to create a platform for advanced, time-resolved in situ structural and thermal investigations of crystalline, amorphous and liquid materials, utilizing the unique competences and resources ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2017-01-01 till 2020-12-31

The use of light as energy source for driving chemical reactions has long been envisioned for various applications. Photocatalytic processes currently receive particular attention in both fundamental and ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2017-01-01 till 2019-12-31

The Neoproterozoic Era (1000-541 million years ago) was a time of major environmental change in Earth´s history such as the oxygenation of the atmosphere and the oceans, low-latitude glacial episodes ( ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2015-01-01 till 2017-12-31

I projektet kommer vi att utveckla flexibla (böjliga) solceller/solfångare integrerade i material för tak och fasader på byggnader. Solcellerna baseras på material som nyligen har upptäckts ge högeffektiva ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2021-01-01 till 2024-12-31

A humongous resource of hydrogen (H2) for sustainable and green environment does exist in the form of feedstock molecules like water (H2O) and hydrocarbon (CH4). The present proposal aims at efficient ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2012-01-01 till 2014-12-31

Li-ion batteries serve very important functions in our everyday life. This fundamental research project focuses on the development of electrodeposition techniques for manufacturing of nanostructured Li-ion ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2019-01-01 till 2022-12-31

The present application describes a joint effort from industry, MAX IV and three universities (Uppsala, Linköping and KTH) to use MAX IV’s unique new infrastructure for breakthrough research in the development ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2021-01-01 till 2024-12-31

Millions of patients around the world suffer from non-healing bone defects that arise from various causes, including degenerative diseases and trauma, significantly compromising the patient´s quality of ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2018-09-01 till 2019-12-31

Syfte och mål: I det nu avslutade projektet har en forskare och lärare från Uppsala universitet varit på plats hos den industriella parten (Sandvik additive) på deltid, vilket har varit grundsyftet med ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2017-01-01 till 2020-12-31

Development of novel nanomaterials requires a detailed knowledge of the composition and structure from the atomic bond level (sub-Å) to the mesoscopic level (nm) that gives information about the particle ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2013-01-01 till 2016-12-31

Energy storage solutions such as Li-ion batteries have an increasing role to play in the future energy system, not least for vehicles, which will have a tremendous impact on the use of fossil fuels. However ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2018-01-01 till 2021-12-31

This project will explore fundamental defect-property relationships in representatives of the “chalcogenide perovskites” – a new class of semiconductors with the perovskite structure. Halide-based perovskites ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2017-01-01 till 2020-12-31

Li-based batteries outperform all other rechargeable technologies in terms of energy density, but the limited efficiency and life-time of next-generation battery materials impede their further implementation ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2015-01-01 till 2017-12-31

The goal of this project is to design and synthetize a novel class of photocatalytic materials capable of efficient solar energy storage in terms of splitting of water and/or converting carbon dioxide ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2013-01-01 till 2016-12-31

Field effect gas sensors have been shown to be very efficient for the detection of hydrogen containing molecules. With the right material combination in terms of catalytic metal contact and gate dielectric ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2017-01-01 till 2018-12-31

The rechargeable lithium battery has high energy density. During fast charging of a lithium battery, the lithium ions must move quickly between the positive and negative electrodes. The function of the ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2021-01-01 till 2024-12-31

The functional interfaces between electrodes and electrolyte in batteries are the heart of chemical-electric energy conversion. Here redox reactions occur through charge transfer of electrons and lithium ...