'Reverse fuel cell' converts waste carbon to valuable products at record rates
Researchers develop enhanced device to transform CO2 into valuable chemicals 10 times faster than previous versions.
Feb 10th, 2020
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Researchers develop enhanced device to transform CO2 into valuable chemicals 10 times faster than previous versions.
Feb 10th, 2020
Read moreSolar panel costs have dropped lately, but slimming down silicon wafers could lead to even lower costs and faster industry expansion.
Jan 27th, 2020
Read moreScientists make the case for a future where the materials and chemicals that make up the basis of our society and our economy are healthful rather than toxic, renewable rather than depleting, and degradable rather than persistent.
Jan 27th, 2020
Read moreResearchers have found a way to harness the entire spectrum of sunlight.
Jan 23rd, 2020
Read moreScientists show for the first time, that copper thiocyanate can be used as a transparent and effective hole transport layer for Cu2O photocathodes with overall enhanced performance.
Jan 16th, 2020
Read moreMost of today's solar panels capture sunlight and convert it to electricity only from the side facing the sky. If the dark underside of a solar panel could also convert sunlight reflected off the ground, even more electricity might be generated.
Dec 19th, 2019
Read moreResearchers have developed new thermoelectric materials, which could provide a low-cost option for converting heat energy into electricity.
Dec 17th, 2019
Read moreResearchers have found an effective and inexpensive strategy to transform solar cells from opaque to transparent.
Dec 14th, 2019
Read moreElectroreduction of carbon monoxide for the highly selective production of ethylene.
Dec 12th, 2019
Read moreLaboratory experiments and a parabolic flight campaign have enabled an international team of researchers to gain new insights into water electrolysis, in which hydrogen is obtained from water by applying electric energy.
Dec 9th, 2019
Read moreResearchers have developed an innovative control system for repurposed electric vehicle battery packs to store electricity for home use and are scaling up the technology to a large, power grid-level project.
Dec 6th, 2019
Read moreThe latest estimate is that the world's five largest publicly-owned oil and gas companies spend about US$200 million a year on lobbying to control, delay or block binding climate policy.
Nov 28th, 2019
Read moreHydrogen as an energy carrier can help us move away from fossil fuels, but only if it is created efficiently. One way to improve efficiency is to use waste heat that's left over from other industrial processes.
Nov 14th, 2019
Read moreA superconducting rotor has been successfully tested on an active wind turbine for the first time. The EcoSwing consortium designed, developed, manufactured a full-size superconducting generator for a 3.6 megawatt wind turbine, and field-tested it in Denmark.
Nov 12th, 2019
Read moreResearchers have developed a glue which can unstick when placed in a magnetic field, meaning products otherwise destined for landfill, could now be dismantled and recycled at the end of their life.
Nov 4th, 2019
Read moreHigh-energy-density polymeric cathode for fast-charge sodium- and multivalent-ion batteries.
Nov 4th, 2019
Read morePassive device relies on a layer of material that blocks incoming sunlight but lets heat radiate away.
Oct 30th, 2019
Read moreA research group has developed an efficient process for breaking down any plastic waste to a molecular level. The resulting gases can then be transformed back into new plastics - of the same quality as the original. The new process could transform today's plastic factories into recycling refineries, within the framework of their existing infrastructure.
Oct 18th, 2019
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