Author Correction: Toxic fluoride gas emissions from lithium-ion battery fires.

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Organic dye-sensitized solar cells containing alkaline iodide-based gel polymer electrolytes: influence of cation size.

The electrolyte used in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) plays a key role in the process of current generation, and hence the analysis of charge-transfer mechanisms both in its bulk and at its interfaces with other materials is of fundamental importance. Because of solvent confinement, gel polymer electrolytes are more practical and convenient to use with respect to liquid electrolytes, but in-depth studies are still necessary to optimize their performances. In this work, gel polymer electrolytes of general formulation polyacrylonitrile (PAN)/ethylene carbonate (EC)/propylene carbonate (PC)/MI, where M is a cation in the alkaline series Li-Cs, were prepared and used in DSSCs.

Toxic fluoride gas emissions from lithium-ion battery fires.

Lithium-ion battery fires generate intense heat and considerable amounts of gas and smoke. Although the emission of toxic gases can be a larger threat than the heat, the knowledge of such emissions is limited. This paper presents quantitative measurements of heat release and fluoride gas emissions during battery fires for seven different types of commercial lithium-ion batteries.

Phase transitions in KTP isostructures: correlation between structure and Tc in germanium-doped RbTiOPO4.

Crystals of germanium-doped rubidium titanyl phosphate, Rb(2)(Ti)(Ge(0.121)Ti(0.879))O(2)(PO(4))(2) (GeRTP#1) and Rb(2)(Ge(0.