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Rice University graduate student Wenbin Li prepares a 2D perovskite solar cell for testing in a solar simulator. Rice engineers boosted the efficiency of cells…
A new system both predicts the efficiency of new photovoltaic solar cell materials and shows how much different input parameters affect output. Credit: MIT News,…
New research from Texas A&M University scientists could help in boosting the efficiency of nuclear power plants in the near future. By using a combination…
As part of the energy transition, the energy industry is looking toward the oceans for reliable, sustainable, and renewable energy sources. Researchers and engineers aim…
This crystal of iron pyrite, just four hundredths of a millimeter in size, could function as the light absorbing layer of a tiny solar cell…
Detail from material research at Linköping University. Credit: Magnus Bergström, Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation Six Swedish universities have united in a major initiative focused…
Credit: U.S. Fusion Energy The new community-wide outreach, education, and workforce development website provides centralized resources for all audiences. The U.S. Fusion Outreach Team, a…
The ectomycorrhizal fungus Laccaria bicolor, shown in green, envelops the roots of a transgenic switchgrass plant. Switchgrass is not known to interact with this type…
Near elimination of air pollution from diesel-electric freight trains by 2025 is now possible by retrofitting them with battery tender cars. Berkeley Lab study shows…
Electrocatalyst converts CO2 into multicarbon products. A new electrocatalyst called [email protected] converts carbon dioxide (CO2 ) into liquid fuels. As reported by a team of…
Lithium-Ion Batteries Have Plunged in Cost by 97% – Here’s the Reasons Behind the Rapid Cost Decline
MIT researchers find the biggest factor in the dramatic cost decline for lithium-ion batteries in recent decades was research and development, particularly in chemistry and…
A two-dimensional coat of a perovskite compound is the basis for an efficient solar cell that might stand up to environmental wear and tear, unlike…
Artistic representation of electrons funneling into high-quality areas of perovskite material. Credit: Alex T. at Ella Maru Studios Researchers from the University of Cambridge have…
A research team at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has identified a new way to convert ammonia to nitrogen gas through a process that could be…
The preamplifiers of the National Ignition Facility are the first step in increasing the energy of laser beams as they make their way toward the…
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered a new way to train microbes to make a readily usable biofuel. A team of biologists…
SIMEC Atlantis Energy’s AR1500 turbine being installed at MeyGen, North Scotland. Credit: SIMEC Atlantis Energy Tidal stream power has the potential to deliver 11% of…
Physicist Suying Jin with computer-generated images showing the properties of heat pulse propagation in plasma. Credit: Headshot courtesy of Suying Jin / Collage courtesy of…
The consumption of G20 nations was responsible for 78,000 premature deaths of infants worldwide. Credit: NIES Japanese and Australian researchers show the number of premature…