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Contents list for Energy & Environmental Science, issue 2, 2010
Front cover
Energy Environ. Sci., 2010, 3, 165
DOI: 10.1039/c001356k

Inside front cover
Energy Environ. Sci., 2010, 3, 166
DOI: 10.1039/c002582h
Contents
Energy Environ. Sci., 2010, 3, 167
DOI: 10.1039/c001357a
Editorial
Powering the world with sunlight
Energy Environ. Sci., 2010, 3, 173
DOI: 10.1039/b924940k

A new White Paper presents key scientific recommendations as to how the global energy problem can be addressed.
Reviews
Multi-electron reaction materials for high energy density batteries
Xue-Ping Gao and Han-Xi Yang,
Energy Environ. Sci., 2010, 3, 174
DOI: 10.1039/b916098a

This review surveys recent advances in high energy electrode materials with multi-electron reaction chemistry of lightweight elements and compounds.
Biofuels and synthetic fuels in the US and China: A review of Well-to-Wheel energy use and greenhouse gas emissions with the impact of land-use change
Xiaoyu Yan, Oliver R. Inderwildi and David A. King,
Energy Environ. Sci., 2010, 3, 190
DOI: 10.1039/b915801d

The world's largest liquid fuel consumers have to consider land-use impacts when choosing the fuels of the future.
Perspective
OXYCOAL-AC: Towards an integrated coal-fired power plant process with ion transport membrane-based oxygen supply
Reinhold Kneer, Dobrin Toporov, Malte Förster, Dominik Christ, Christoph Broeckmann, Ewald Pfaff, Markus Zwick, Stefan Engels and Michael Modigell,
Energy Environ. Sci., 2010, 3, 198
DOI: 10.1039/b908501g

This article focuses on membrane-based air separation modules, the specifics of oxycoal combustion and the related burner design as well as hot gas filtration.
Communications
Compact monocrystalline silicon solar modules with high voltage outputs and mechanically flexible designs
Alfred J. Baca, Ki Jun Yu, Jianliang Xiao, Shuodao Wang, Jongseung Yoon, Jae Ha Ryu, Darren Stevenson, Ralph G. Nuzzo, Angus A. Rockett, Yonggang Huang and John A. Rogers,
Energy Environ. Sci., 2010, 3, 208
DOI: 10.1039/b920862c

We describe monocrystalline silicon photovoltaic minimodules with high voltage outputs and mechanically flexible designs.
An integrated approach to energy and chemicals production
Ian S. Metcalfe, Michael North, Riccardo Pasquale and Alan Thursfield,
Energy Environ. Sci., 2010, 3, 212
DOI: 10.1039/b918417a

An integrated process for the production of energy and cyclic carbonates from methane, epoxides and air is described.
Papers
Electrospray-assisted characterization and deposition of chlorosomes to fabricate a biomimetic light-harvesting device
Luis B. Modesto-Lopez, Elijah J. Thimsen, Aaron M. Collins, Robert E. Blankenship and Pratim Biswas,
Energy Environ. Sci., 2010, 3, 216
DOI: 10.1039/b914758f

It is demonstrated that chlorosomes can be rapidly and precisely size-characterized online in real time using an electrospray-assisted mobility-based technique.
Superactivated carbide-derived carbons with high hydrogen storage capacity
Marta Sevilla, Richard Foulston and Robert Mokaya,
Energy Environ. Sci., 2010, 3, 223
DOI: 10.1039/b916197j

Activation of carbide-derived carbon with KOH generates high surface area superactivated carbons that store up to 6.2 wt% hydrogen at -196 °C and 20 bar; activation increases the surface area and hydrogen uptake.
Nickel(II) tetra-aminophthalocyanine modified MWCNTs as potential nanocomposite materials for the development of supercapacitors
Alfred T. Chidembo, Kenneth I. Ozoemena, Bolade O. Agboola, Vinay Gupta, Gregory G. Wildgoose and Richard G. Compton,
Energy Environ. Sci., 2010, 3, 228
DOI: 10.1039/b915920g

MWCNT-modified nickel(II) tetraaminophthalocyanine nanocomposite exhibits excellent supercapacitance of 981 ± 57 F g-1 (200 ± 12 mF cm-2) and stability in acidic medium.
Back matter
Energy Environ. Sci., 2010, 3, 237
DOI: 10.1039/c001363n
Back cover
Energy Environ. Sci., 2010, 3, 239
DOI: 10.1039/c001358g
