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New Understanding of Electrolyte Additives will Improve Dye-Sensitised Solar Cells

September 7, 2020
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Parkville, Australia — Dye-sensitised solar cells used in low-light conditions could perform more consistently thanks to improved understanding of the role additives play in optimising electrolytes. Laptops...

Scientists Develop Low-Temperature Resisting Aqueous Zinc-Based Batteries

September 1, 2020
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Beijing, China — Aqueous zinc-based batteries (ZBBs) are widely used for portable and grid-scale applications due to their high safety, low cost and high energy density. However, the inhomogeneous...

Scientists Use Fruit Peel to Turn Old Batteries Into New

August 26, 2020
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Singapore — Scientists led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a novel method of using fruit peel waste to extract and reuse precious metals from spent lithium-ion...

Rare Glassy Metal Discovered During Quest to Improve Battery Performance

August 12, 2020
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Idaho Falls, ID — Materials scientists studying recharging fundamentals made an astonishing discovery that could open the door to better batteries, faster catalysts and other materials science leaps. Scientists...

Molecular Additives Enhance Mechanical Properties of Organic Solar Cell Material

August 12, 2020
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Bethlehem, PA — Organic solar cells are ideal for use in flexible electronics because of the inherently malleable nature of semiconducting polymers. Recent research on the interplay between processing,...

Success in Promoting Plant Growth for Biodiesel

August 10, 2020
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Saitama, Japan — In JST Strategic Basic Research Programs, a group of Zhongrui Duan (Researcher, Waseda University) and Motoki Tominaga (Associate professor, Waseda University) et al. succeeded in...

Turning Carbon Dioxide into Liquid Fuel

August 6, 2020
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Lemont, IL — Catalysts speed up chemical reactions and form the backbone of many industrial processes. For example, they are essential in transforming heavy oil into gasoline or jet fuel. Today, catalysts...

New Candidate for Raw Material Synthesis Through Gene Transfer

July 6, 2020
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Karlsruhe, Germany — Cyanobacteria hardly need any nutrients and use the energy of sunlight. Bathers are familiar with these microorganisms – often incorrectly called “blue-green algae”...

Crystal Structure Discovered Almost 200 Years Ago Could Hold Key to Solar Cell Revolution

July 3, 2020
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Corvallis, OR — Solar energy researchers at Oregon State University are shining their scientific spotlight on materials with a crystal structure discovered nearly two centuries ago. Not all materials...

Process for ‘Two-Faced’ Nanomaterials may Aid Energy, Information Tech

June 29, 2020
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Oak Ridge, TN — A team led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory used a simple process to implant atoms precisely into the top layers of ultra-thin crystals, yielding two-sided...

Innovative Catalyst with Pt, Re and SnO2 Nanoparticles as Anode Material in Ethanol Fuel Cells

June 25, 2020
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Kraków, Poland — Scientists working at the Department for Functional Nanomaterials at the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences designed and synthesized a functional ternary...

A Phase Battery for Quantum Technologies

June 17, 2020
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Leioa, Spain — Batteries belongs to everyday life. A classical battery, the Volta´s pile, converts chemical energy into a voltage, which can power electronic circuits. In many quantum technologies,...

Flow-Through Electrodes Make Hydrogen 50 Times Faster

May 27, 2020
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Durham, NC — Electrolysis, passing a current through water to break it into gaseous hydrogen and oxygen, could be a handy way to store excess energy from wind or solar power. The hydrogen can be stored...

Artificial Intelligence is Energy-Hungry — New Hardware could Curb Its Appetite

May 11, 2020
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West Lafayette, IN — To just solve a puzzle or play a game, artificial intelligence can require software running on thousands of computers. That could be the energy that three nuclear plants produce...

Supercapacitor Promises Storage, High Power and Fast Charging

May 6, 2020
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State College, PA — A new supercapacitor based on manganese oxide could combine the storage capacity of batteries with the high power and fast charging of other supercapacitors, according to researchers...

Researchers Tackle a New Opportunity to Develop High-Energy Batteries

April 29, 2020
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Adelphi, MD — In recent years, lithium-ion batteries have become better at supplying energy to Soldiers in the field, but the current generation of batteries never reaches its highest energy potential....

Windows Will Soon Generate Electricity, Following Solar Cell Breakthrough

April 22, 2020
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Parkville, VIC, Australia — Semi-transparent solar cells that can be incorporated into window glass are a “game-changer” that could transform architecture, urban planning and electricity...

Research Team Develops a High-Capacity Battery Material Using Salmon DNA

April 17, 2020
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Sejong-si, Korea — A Korean research team has succeeded in developing next-generation high-capacity cathode material for lithium-ion batteries. The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST,...

Scientists Develop Better Redox Flow Battery

April 14, 2020
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Los Angeles, CA — USC scientists have developed a new battery that could solve the electricity storage problem constraining widespread use of renewable energy. The technology is a new spin on a...

Mutation Reduces Energy Waste in Plants

April 9, 2020
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Bochum, Germany — To this end, the team identified several thousand proteins, determined their respective amounts in mutant and reference lines and combined the findings with measurements of photosynthetic...

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