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April 19, 2024

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Apr. 9, 2024 — Scientists are using computer simulations and laboratory experiments to see if depleted oil and natural gas reservoirs can be used for storing carbon-free hydrogen fuel. Hydrogen is an important clean fuel: It can be made by splitting water using ...

Nuclear Fusion, Lithium and the Tokamak: Adding Just Enough Fuel to the Fire

Mar. 28, 2024 — Building upon recent findings showing the promise of coating the inner surface of the vessel containing a fusion plasma in liquid lithium, researchers have determined the maximum density of uncharged ...

Research Lights Up Process for Turning CO2 Into Sustainable Fuel

Mar. 25, 2024 — Researchers have successfully transformed CO2 into methanol by shining sunlight on single atoms of copper deposited on a light-activated material, a discovery that paves the way for creating new green ...

Harnessing Hydrogen at Life's Origin

Mar. 18, 2024 — A new report uncovers how hydrogen gas, the energy of the future, provided energy in the past, at the origin of life 4 billion years ago. Hydrogen gas is clean fuel. It burns with oxygen in the air to provide energy with no CO2. Hydrogen is a key to ...

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Trash to Treasure -- Researchers Turn Metal Waste Into Catalyst for Hydrogen

Apr. 16, 2024 — Scientists have found a way to transform metal waste into a highly efficient catalyst to make hydrogen from water, a discovery that could make ...

Nanoscale Movies Shed Light on One Barrier to a Clean Energy Future

Apr. 11, 2024 — New research is shedding light on one barrier to a clean energy future: corrosion. Using nanoscale imaging techniques, researchers have captured high-resolution videos of tiny crystals of ruthenium ...

Magnetic Fields Boost Clean Energy

Apr. 3, 2024 — Researchers show that using magnetic fields can boost electrocatalysis for sustainable fuel production by enhancing the movement of the reactants, which improves the efficiency of energy-related ...

Engineers 'Symphonize' Cleaner Ammonia Production

Apr. 1, 2024 — Among the many chemicals we use every day, ammonia is one of the worst for the atmosphere. The nitrogen-based chemical used in fertilizer, dyes, explosives and many other products ranks second only ...

Pairing Crypto Mining With Green Hydrogen Offers Clean Energy Boost

Mar. 25, 2024 — Pairing cryptocurrency mining -- notable for its outsize consumption of carbon-based fuel -- with green hydrogen could provide the foundation for wider deployment of renewable energy, such as solar ...

Revolutionizing Hydrogen Production: Economical and Efficient Solutions Unveiled

Mar. 22, 2024 — Scientists introduce superaerophobic three-dimensional nickel nanostructured catalysts for accelerated water ...

'Find Pearls in the Soil' Unveiling the Magic of Hydrogen Production from Municipal Sewage

Mar. 13, 2024 — Scientists have developed a catalyst for the urea oxidation reaction, enhancing hydrogen generation ...

Breakthrough Research Enables High-Density Hydrogen Storage for Future Energy Systems

Mar. 6, 2024 — A research team has reported a groundbreaking development in efficient hydrogen ...

Evolving Hydrogen-Storage Technology: Guidelines Developed for the Design of Anti-Evaporation Catalysts

Mar. 5, 2024 — A research team has identified materials capable of catalyzing the conversion of ortho-hydrogen to para-hydrogen. These catalysts should be essential ...

Researchers Closer to Understanding Hydrogen's Great Challenge

Feb. 28, 2024 — Embrittlement is one of the biggest obstacles facing the transition to a global hydrogen economy. A new process uncovered by researchers is helping shed light on how to better prevent ...

Electrification or Hydrogen? Both Have Distinct Roles in the European Energy Transition

Feb. 16, 2024 — A key step to achieving climate neutrality in the European Union is to rapidly shift from fossil fuels to electric technologies powered by renewable energies, a new study shows. At the same time, ...

Towards A Better Way of Releasing Hydrogen Stored in Hydrogen Boride Sheets

Feb. 9, 2024 — Hydrogen stored in hydrogen boride sheets can be efficiently released electrochemically, report scientists. Through a series of experiments, they demonstrated that dispersing these sheets in an ...

Greenhouse Gas Repurposed

Feb. 8, 2024 — Cutting-edge research converted waste carbon dioxide into a potential precursor for chemicals and carbon-free ...

Improving Fuel Cell Durability With Fatigue-Resistant Membranes

Feb. 6, 2024 — In hydrogen fuel cells, electrolyte membranes frequently undergo deformation and develop cracks during operation. A research team has recently introduced a fatigue-resistant polymer electrolyte ...

Ammonia Attracts the Shipping Industry, but Researchers Warn of Its Risks

Feb. 5, 2024 — Switching to ammonia as a marine fuel, with the goal of decarbonization, can instead create entirely new problems. This is shown in a study where researchers carried out life cycle analyses for ...

Liquid Lithium on the Walls of a Fusion Device Helps the Plasma Within Maintain a Hot Edge

Jan. 24, 2024 — Emerging research suggests it may be easier to use fusion as a power source if liquid lithium is applied to the internal walls of the device housing the plasma. Past experiments studied solid lithium ...

Efficiently Moving Urea out of Polluted Water Is Coming to Reality

Jan. 18, 2024 — Researchers have developed a material to remove urea from water and potentially convert it into hydrogen gas. By building these materials of nickel and cobalt atoms with carefully tailored electronic ...

Machine Learning Method Speeds Up Discovery of Green Energy Materials

Jan. 18, 2024 — Researchers have developed a framework that uses machine learning to accelerate the search for new proton-conducting materials, that could potentially improve the efficiency of hydrogen fuel ...

Study Reveals a Reaction at the Heart of Many Renewable Energy Technologies

Jan. 16, 2024 — Chemists have mapped how proton-coupled electron transfers happen at the surface of an electrode. Their results could help researchers design more efficient fuel cells, batteries, or other energy ...

Using Idle Trucks to Power the Grid With Clean Energy

Jan. 15, 2024 — Researchers are tapping into idled electric vehicles to act as mobile generators and help power overworked and aging electricity grids. After analyzing energy demand on Alberta's power grid ...

Highly Durable, Nonnoble Metal Electrodes for Hydrogen Production from Seawater

Jan. 11, 2024 — The water electrolysis method, a promising avenue for hydrogen production, relies on substantial freshwater consumption, thereby limiting the regions available with water resources required for water ...

Green Ammonia Could Decarbonize 60% of Global Shipping When Offered at Just 10 Regional Fuel Ports

Jan. 9, 2024 — A study has found that green ammonia could be used to fulfill the fuel demands of over 60% of global shipping by targeting just the top 10 regional fuel ports. Researchers looked at the production ...

New Material Allows for Better Hydrogen-Based Batteries and Fuel Cells

Dec. 22, 2023 — Researchers have developed a solid electrolyte for transporting hydride ions at room temperature. This breakthrough means that the full advantages of hydrogen-based solid-state batteries and fuel ...

Filming the Microscopic Flow of Hydrogen Atoms in a Metal

Dec. 19, 2023 — Using conventional X-rays and lasers to detect the atomic state of hydrogen is challenging, given its small size. A group of researchers may have overcome this barrier by unveiling a new ...

Hydrogen Fuel Can Be a Competitive Alternative to Gasoline and Diesel Today

Nov. 16, 2023 — Energy researchers posit hydrogen fuel can potentially be a cost-competitive and environmentally friendly alternative to gasoline and diesel, and that supplying hydrogen for transportation in the ...

Preventing Hydrogen Vehicle Aging During Sudden Stops

Nov. 16, 2023 — Engineers enhance hydrogen fuel cell durability via tungsten oxide ...

Water Splitting Reaction for Green Hydrogen Gas Production Improved

Nov. 15, 2023 — Electrochemical catalysts used in water splitting often show poor performance due to low electrical conductance of (oxy)hydroxide species produced in situ. To overcome this challenge, researchers ...

Ammonia Fuel Offers Great Benefits but Demands Careful Action

Nov. 13, 2023 — Researchers have identified the potential environmental risks of using ammonia as a zero-carbon fuel in order to develop an engineering roadmap to a sustainable ammonia ...

Solar-Powered Device Produces Clean Water and Clean Fuel at the Same Time

Nov. 13, 2023 — A floating, solar-powered device that can turn contaminated water or seawater into clean hydrogen fuel and purified water, anywhere in the world, has been developed by ...

Efficient Biohybrid Batteries

Oct. 31, 2023 — Formic acid, which can be produced electrochemically from carbon dioxide, is a promising energy carrier. A research team has now developed a fast-charging hybrid battery system that combines the ...