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When humidity benefits batteries

According to new research, the performance of silicon-based electrodes for lithium-ion batteries can be improved by up to ten times by using a maturation process.

October 24, 2017 Read more

Electronic entropy enhances water splitting

Scientists have discovered that cerium's electronic entropy, which is created when an electron transitions among various states within an electron shell, is the underlying reason for its success. This finding could help researchers better exploit cerium's entropy for water-splitting technologies.

October 24, 2017 Read more

Transparent solar technology represents 'wave of the future'

See-through solar materials that can be applied to windows represent a massive source of untapped energy and could harvest as much power as bigger, bulkier rooftop solar units.

October 23, 2017 Read more

Bioplastics: use and misuse

The prefix 'bio' for plastics doesn?t mean that they are all easily degradable. Confusion over words often means people don't recycle their waste properly.

October 18, 2017 Read more

Solar energy supports industrial processes

Whether it's drying, cleaning or pre-heating: There is a large number of heating processes used in the industrial and commercial sector which can be supported with solar thermal energy.

October 18, 2017 Read more

Biodegradable electronics

Electronic devices that are completely broken down in a biological environment after a pre-defined operating life open up novel applications as well as ways for reducing their ecological footprint.

October 13, 2017 Read more

Electric cars can become more eco-friendly through life cycle assessment

It is time to stop discussing whether electric cars are good or bad. Instead industry, authorities and policy-makers need to work together to make them as eco-friendly as possible.

October 12, 2017 Read more

Making renewable power more viable for the grid

'Air-breathing' battery can store electricity for months, for about a fifth the cost of current technologies.

October 11, 2017 Read more

Waste from paper industry supplies raw material for development of redox flow batteries

Use of renewable resources for the more efficient generation of sustainable energies, focus on electrosynthesis.

October 11, 2017 Read more

Reimagining hydrogen: A small molecule with large-scale ideas

Researchers pursue low-cost, efficient technologies for hydrogen generation.

October 7, 2017 Read more

A new grant to advance seaweed energy production

In the future, our homes and vehicles could be powered by fuel made from seaweed grown at large-scale offshore farms.

October 6, 2017 Read more

Scientists find a way to measure fuel cell 'printing' at a fast clip

Scientists may have overcome a significant hurdle to manufacturing hydrogen fuel cells by creating a way to check whether the expensive catalysts the cells need have been incorporated quickly and effectively.

October 4, 2017 Read more

New efficient catalyst for key step in artificial photosynthesis

Process sets free protons and electrons that can be used to make fuels.

October 3, 2017 Read more

Global warming doesn't stop when the emissions stop

Scientists have worked out how much time we have left to reach the Paris climate goal.

October 3, 2017 Read more

Body energy as a power source

Exploiting kinetic energy could be a solution for power-hungry mobile devices.

October 2, 2017 Read more

Energy harvested from evaporation could power much of U.S.

In the first evaluation of evaporation as a renewable energy source, researchers find that U.S. lakes and reservoirs could generate 325 gigawatts of power, nearly 70 percent of what the United States currently produces.

September 26, 2017 Read more

The pivotal step in turning carbon dioxide

Scientists show how to control catalyst that turns a greenhouse gas into a fuel or feedstock.

September 22, 2017 Read more

Test for safe CO2 storage to aid world-leading technology project

A new method that inexpensively monitors the safe storage of industrial greenhouse gas emissions is to be used by a leading research project.

September 20, 2017 Read more