Researchers pioneer new production method for heterostructure devices
Credit: Darren Nutting and Dr Freddie Withers/ University of Exeter Researchers at the University of Exeter have developed a pioneering ...
Tag: Energy/Fuel (non-petroleum)
The exhaust gas from a power plant can be recovered and used as a raw reaction material
Energy-saving CO2 capture technology with H2 gas is developed by integrating the CO2 separation and conversion processCredit: Nagoya University A ...
Researchers make next-generation, high-toughness battery component
Credit: Sheldon lab / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A team of Brown University researchers has found a way to ...
Simple is best? Simple and universal design for fuel cell electrolyte
Credit: JAIST Researchers at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) and Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy ...
Engineers develop new fuel cells with twice the operating voltage as hydrogen
Credit: Courtesy: Ramani Lab Electrification of the transportation sector -- one of the largest consumers of energy in the world ...
Fish fossils become buried treasure
Fossilized fish could indicate rich deposits of valuable rare-earth metalsCredit: © 2020 Ohta et al. Rare metals crucial to green ...
Researcher named a Top Young Innovator by MIT Technology Review
Miguel Modestino is honored for research to make chemical production processes greenerCredit: NYU Tandon BROOKLYN, New York, Wednesday, June 17, ...
Energy storage using oxygen to boost battery performance
Credit: Jeung Ku Kang, KAIST Researchers have presented a novel electrode material for advanced energy storage device that is directly ...
New Editor-in-Chief appointed for Journal of Photonics for Energy
Sean Shaheen will lead the journal beginning in July 2020Credit: SPIE BELLINGHAM, Washington - On 1 July, Sean Shaheen, associate ...
All of the performance, none of the fuss: Nitrile hydrogenation done right
Osaka University researchers synthesize an easy-to-handle nano-cobalt phosphide catalyst for efficient hydrogenation of nitriles to primary aminesCredit: Osaka University Osaka, ...
Building a circular chemical economy
Pitt's James McKone selected as a 2020 Beckman Young Investigator for a project that recycles carbon dioxide back into useful ...
A phase battery for quantum technologies
The first quantum phase battery has been realized. It consist of an indium arsenide (InAs) nanowire in contact with aluminum ...
Scientists develop low-cost, high power density vanadium flow battery stack
Credit: SHI Dingqin The development of renewable energies such as wind energy and solar energy is limited by their inherently ...
Falling clean energy costs can provide opportunity to boost climate action during COVID-19 recovery: UN
184 GW of clean power capacity added in 2019, up 12% from GW added in 2018; New capacity delivered with ...
Renewable fuel from carbon dioxide with the aid of solar energy
Credit: Thor Balkhed/Linköping University Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, are attempting to convert carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, to fuel ...
Spontaneous formation of nanoscale hollow structures could boost battery storage
Credit: Matthew McDowell, Georgia Tech An unexpected property of nanometer-scale antimony crystals -- the spontaneous formation of hollow structures -- ...
Integrating nanomaterial with light-absorbing molecule powers hydrogen production from water and sun
Credit: Tokyo Tech In line with the depletion of fossil fuels and the environmental problems our planet faces due to ...
Crystalline ‘nanobrush’ clears way to advanced energy and information tech
Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 8, 2020 -- A team led by ...
Researchers advance fuel cell technology
Credit: WSU Washington State University researchers have made a key advance in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) that could make ...
Discovery unlocks ‘hot’ electrons for more efficient energy use
Credit: Illustration by Enrique Sahagún WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Highly energetic, "hot" electrons have the potential to help solar panels ...