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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 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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Making Biofuels Cheaper by Putting Plants to Work

April 7, 2020
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Berkeley, CA — Biofuels are an important part of the broader strategy to replace petroleum-based gasoline, diesel, and jet fuels that we use today. However, biofuels have so far not reached cost parity...

Scientists Tap Unused Energy Source to Power Smart Sensor Networks

April 1, 2020
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State College, PA — The electricity that lights our homes and powers our appliances also creates small magnetic fields that are present all around us. Scientists have developed a new mechanism capable...

Nature-Inspired Green Energy Technology Clears Important Development Hurdle

March 23, 2020
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Berkeley, CA — Scientist Heinz Frei has spent decades working toward building an artificial version of one of nature’s most elegant and effective machines: the leaf. Frei, and many other...

On the Trail of Organic Solar Cells’ Efficiency

March 23, 2020
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Dresden, Germany — In their study, by investigating the vibrations of the molecules in the thin films, the scientists were able to show that very fundamental quantum effects, so-called zero point vibrations,...

Biomass Fuels can Significantly Mitigate Global Warming

March 12, 2020
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Beer-Sheva, Israel — Biomass fuels derived from various grasses could significantly mitigate global warming by reducing carbon, according to a long-term field study by researchers at Ben-Gurion University...

Light to Electricity: New Multi-Material Solar Cells Set New Efficiency Standard

March 6, 2020
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Toronto, Canada — Researchers from the University of Toronto Engineering and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have overcome a key obstacle in combining the emerging solar-harvesting...

‘Reverse Fuel Cell’ Converts Waste Carbon to Valuable Products at Record Rates

February 12, 2020
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Toronto, Canada — Fuel cells turn chemicals into electricity. Now, a University of Toronto Engineering team has adapted technology from fuel cells to do the reverse: harness electricity to make valuable...

Anti-Solar Cells: Photovoltaic Cell that Works at Night

January 30, 2020
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Davis, CA — What if solar cells worked at night? That’s no joke, according to Jeremy Munday, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UC Davis. In fact, a specially...

Less May Be More in Next-Gen Batteries

January 22, 2020
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Houston, TX — The process of developing better rechargeable batteries may be cloudy, but there’s an alumina lining. A slim layer of the metal oxide applied to common cathodes by engineers...

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