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…
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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 solar…
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 the highest reported electrochemical performance in hydrogen production. The…
New Aluminum Batteries Increase the Range of UUVs Tenfold
New batteries that “drink” seawater could power long-range underwater vehicles, giving UUVs a tenfold increase in range over traditional lithium-ion batteries used for the same…
Yale Engineers Develop New Colors for Solar Energy
Engineers from the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Yale University have developed a solar cell that widens the choice of colors without decreasing…
Floating Nuclear Power Plant that is Safer and Cheaper
Since nuclear power plants emit no carbon dioxide, they are considered an important component for a greener energy future. A new nuclear power plant promises…
