AI technology can predict vanadium flow battery performance and cost
Credit: LI Tianyu Vanadium flow batteries (VFBs) are promising for stationary large-scale energy storage due to their high safety, long ...
Tag: Energy/Fuel (non-petroleum)
New system detects faint communications signals using the principles of quantum physics
Researchers have demonstrated a system that could dramatically increase the performance of communications networksCredit: NIST Researchers at the National Institute ...
Scientists develop forecasting technique that could help advance quest for fusion energy
Credit: Elle Starkman / PPPL Office of Communications Bringing the power of the sun to Earth requires sound theory, good ...
Inducing plasma in biomass could make biogas easier to produce
With the help of microwave pulses, plasma induced into polymer solutions helps break down thick material, lowering the viscosity and ...
Scientists identify solid electrolyte materials that boost lithium-ion battery performance
Identified materials could improve safety and performanceCredit: L.A. Cicero/Stanford University Stanford University scientists have identified a new class of solid ...
New composite material revs up pursuit of advanced electric vehicles
Credit: Andrew Sproles, ORNL/U.S. Department of Energy Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory used new techniques to create a composite ...
Highly efficient perovskite solar cells with enhanced stability and minimised lead leakage
Credit: City University of Hong Kong While the power conversion efficiency of perovskite solar cells (PVSCs) - a future of ...
New discovery to have huge impact on development of future battery cathodes
Credit: Diamond Light Source & University of Oxford A new paper published today in Nature Energy reveals how a collaborative ...
Fast calculation dials in better batteries
Analytical model from Rice University helps researchers fine-tune battery performanceCredit: Fan Wang/Rice University HOUSTON - (Sept. 16, 2020) - A ...
Reaching 90% PL quantum yield in 1D metal halide by pressure-suppressed nonradiative loss
Credit: Xujie Lü Low-dimensional perovskite-related metal halides have emerged as a new class of light-emitting materials with tunable broadband emission ...
Energy harvesting goes organic, gets more flexible
Self-assembled peptides, when aligned, show great promise for electricity generation.Credit: Sawsan Almohammed WASHINGTON, September 15, 2020 -- Nanogenerators capable of ...
Prometheus Fuels licenses energy-saving ORNL ethanol-to-jet-fuel process
Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Prometheus Fuels has licensed an ethanol-to-jet-fuel conversion process developed by researchers at the ...
The future of biofuels in the dark
Fellowship funds experiments in growing algae without sunlightCredit: Elizabeth Hann/UCR Algae could compete with petroleum as the fuel of the ...
Tandem devices feel the heat
Credit: © 2020 KAUST Understanding how solar cell operation changes as it moves from the lab into the real world ...
Researchers create morphing crystals powered by water evaporation
New study details the molecular-level design of materials that enable clean and sustainable water evaporation energy to be harvested and ...
How to harness the power of biosolids to make hydrogen
Biosolids are the driving force behind a sustainable new method for producing hydrogen from wastewaterCredit: RMIT University Researchers have used ...
Solvation rearrangement brings stable zinc/graphite batteries closer to commercial grid storage
Credit: ZHAO Jingwen With grid-scale renewable energy on the rise, many scholars have shifted their attention from energy generation to ...
Bringing fusion energy to commercial reality
UH project will develop superconducting magnets for fusion systemsCredit: University of Houston Despite growing scientific and commercial interest in fusion ...
Do as plants do: Novel photocatalysts can perform solar-driven conversion of CO2 into fuel
Scientists develop a stable and inexpensive photocatalyst using earth-abundant materials for the eco-friendly production of methane from CO2Credit: DGIST The ...
New process boosts lignin bio-oil as a next-generation fuel
Credit: John Toon, Georgia Tech A new low-temperature multi-phase process for upgrading lignin bio-oil to hydrocarbons could help expand use ...