New Wind Turbines With Multiple Rotors Show Clear Advantages in Computer Models
Researchers have modeled the fluid dynamics of multi-rotor wind turbines, and how they interact in wind farms; the research demonstrates a clear advantage for a…
Green Energy
How Preprocessing Methods Can Improve Conversion Efficiency of Biomass Energy Production
Research on energy production from biomass usually focuses on the amount of energy generated. But it is also important to consider how much energy goes…
Converting Plastic Waste From Cities and Rivers Into Fuel
MIT alumna addresses the world’s mounting plastic waste problem. It’s been nearly 10 years since Priyanka Bakaya MBA ’11 founded Renewlogy to develop a system…
Devices That Make Fuel From Sunlight More Efficiently Possible With Nanoparticle Discovery From Electrode-Fitted Microscope
University of Oregon researchers find that smaller catalytic nanoparticles may be vital for many kinds of devices that convert solar energy into chemical fuels like…
Eco-Friendly Electrochemical Catalysts Using Solar Cells to Harvest Energy From the Sun
A research team from Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) and Kanazawa University developed an eco-friendly device that uses solar energy to catalyze an electrochemical…
Solar Cell Efficiency Increased With Innovative Two-Dimensional Materials
Scientists from NUST MISIS (Russia) and University of Rome Tor Vergata found out that a microscopic quantity of two-dimensional titanium carbide called MXene significantly improves…
New Concept Enables More Eco-Friendly Batteries With Twice the Energy Density
A new concept for an aluminum battery has twice the energy density as previous versions, is made of abundant materials, and could lead to reduced…
Scientists Discover a More Efficient Way to Turn Heat Into Electrical Energy
Scientists find a new way to capture heat that otherwise would have been lost. An international team of scientists has figured out how to capture…
Stanford Researchers Discover a New Route to Carbon-Neutral Fuels From Carbon Dioxide
A new way to convert carbon dioxide into the building block for sustainable liquid fuels was very efficient in tests and did not have the…
New High-Performance Photovoltaic Solar Cells That Work Indoors
Wide-gap non-fullerene acceptor enabling high-performance organic photovoltaic cells for indoor applications. Swedish and Chinese scientists have developed organic solar cells optimized to convert ambient indoor…
Transformative Device Generates Energy From the Cold Night Sky, When Solar Doesn’t Work
An inexpensive thermoelectric device harnesses the cold of space without active heat input, generating electricity that powers an LED at night, researchers report September 12…
Low-Cost Device Generates Electricity Naturally in the Dark
A thermoelectric generator is built whose cold side radiates heat to the sky Night-time power generation of 25 mW/m2 is demonstrated, sufficient for an LED…
New Discovery Advances Flexible Solar Cells a Step Closer to Reality
Discovery by University of Warwick scientists challenges accepted rule of organic solar cell design. Could help to bring about low cost, flexible and stable organic…
Catalytic Reactor Turns Greenhouse Gas Into Pure Liquid Fuel
Rice University’s ‘green’ invention reduces carbon dioxide into valuable fuels. A common greenhouse gas could be repurposed in an efficient and environmentally friendly way with…
New Technologies to Extract Clean Fuel From Sunlight
Securing enough energy to meet human needs is one of the greatest challenges society has ever faced. Previously reliable sources–oil, gas and coal–are degrading air…
Improving Solar Cell Efficiency With Nanowire Arrays
Transparent electrodes are a critical component of solar cells and electronic displays. To collect electricity in a solar cell or inject electricity for a display,…
Mapping Lithium-Ion Battery Electrode Structure at the Atomic Level
Lithium-ion batteries are widely used in home electronics and are now being used to power electric vehicles and store energy for the power grid. But…
Hybrid-Solid Electrolysis Cell System – A New Strategy for Efficient Hydrogen Production
A joint research team, affiliated with UNIST has introduced the Hybrid-Solid Electrolysis Cell (Hybrid-SOEC) system with highest reported electrochemical performance in hydrogen production. The proposed…