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April 24, 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 ...

BESSY II: How Pulsed Charging Enhances the Service Time of Batteries

Apr. 9, 2024 — An improved charging protocol might help lithium-ion batteries to last much longer. Charging with a high-frequency pulsed current reduces aging effects, an international team ...

A Simple Way to Harvest More 'Blue Energy' from Waves

Apr. 3, 2024 — As any surfer will tell you, waves pack a powerful punch. Now, we are one step closer to capturing the energy behind the ocean's constant ebb and flow with an improved 'blue energy' harvesting device. Researchers report that simply repositioning the ...

A Solar Cell You Can Bend and Soak in Water

Mar. 27, 2024 — Researchers have developed an organic photovoltaic film that is both waterproof and flexible, allowing a solar cell to be put onto clothes and still function correctly after being rained on or even ...

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More Economical and Sustainable Rechargeable Batteries

Apr. 22, 2024 — Lithium salts make batteries powerful but expensive. An ultralow-concentration electrolyte based on the lithium salt LiDFOB may be a more economical and more sustainable alternative. Cells using ...

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 ...

Unleashing Disordered Rocksalt Oxides as Cathodes for Rechargeable Magnesium Batteries

Apr. 3, 2024 — Researchers have made a groundbreaking advancement in battery technology, developing a novel cathode material for rechargeable magnesium batteries ...

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 ...

Are High-Purity Cathode Materials Truly Necessary?

Apr. 1, 2024 — Researchers introduce a groundbreaking alternative to reduce secondary battery ...

Implantable Batteries Can Run on the Body's Own Oxygen

Mar. 27, 2024 — From pacemakers to neurostimulators, implantable medical devices rely on batteries to keep the heart on beat and dampen pain. But batteries eventually run low and require invasive surgeries to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Recyclable Reagent and Sunlight Convert Carbon Monoxide Into Methanol

Mar. 20, 2024 — Scientists have demonstrated the selective conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) into methanol using a cascade reaction strategy. The two-part process is powered by sunlight, occurs at room temperature ...

An Electricity Generator Inspired by the Drinking Bird Toy Powers Electronics With Evaporated Water

Mar. 14, 2024 — Inspired by the classic drinking bird toy, scientists have developed an engine that efficiently converts energy from water evaporation into electricity to power small electronics. The device produces ...

Healable Cathode Could Unlock Potential of Solid-State Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

Mar. 6, 2024 — Engineers developed a cathode material for lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries that is healable and highly conductive, overcoming longstanding challenges of traditional sulfur cathodes. The advance holds ...

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 to the spread of mass-transportation/storage of ...

Unlocking the Potential of Lithium-Ion Batteries With Advanced Binders

Mar. 1, 2024 — Lithium-ion batteries employ binders that encounter challenges such as poor conductivity and expansion during charging. In a recent study, scientists have developed a high-performing binder using ...

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 ...

Conversion Process Turns Greenhouse Gas Into Ethylene

Feb. 9, 2024 — Engineers have created a more efficient way of converting carbon dioxide into valuable products while simultaneously addressing climate ...

Greenhouse Gas Repurposed

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

EVs That Go 1,000 Km on a Single Charge: Gel Makes It Possible

Feb. 7, 2024 — Engineers apply electron beam technology to develop an integrated silicon-gel electrolyte ...

Researchers Reveal Elusive Bottleneck Holding Back Global Effort to Convert Carbon Dioxide Waste Into Usable Products

Feb. 6, 2024 — Think of it as recycling on the nanoscale: a tantalizing electrochemical process that can harvest carbon before it becomes air pollution and restructure it into the components of everyday products. ...

Chemists Decipher Reaction Process That Could Improve Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

Feb. 6, 2024 — Lithium-sulfur batteries have exceptional theoretical capacity and performance in combination with an element in abundant supply. But the intricate reaction mechanism, particularly during discharge, ...

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 ...

High-Efficiency Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction System Reduces Our Carbon Footprint and Progressing Carbon Neutrality Goals

Jan. 29, 2024 — Global warming continues to pose a threat to human society and the ecological systems, and carbon dioxide accounts for the largest proportion of the greenhouse gases that dominate climate warming. To ...

Polymer Power: Researchers Enhance the Safety of Lithium Batteries

Jan. 25, 2024 — Lithium-ion batteries face safety concerns as a result of internal separator issues which often lead to short circuits. Scientists have now developed a method to improve the stability and properties ...

Water, Water Everywhere and Now We May Have Drops to Drink

Jan. 23, 2024 — Researchers have achieved a major breakthrough in Redox Flow Desalination (RFD), an emerging electrochemical technique that can turn seawater into potable drinking water and also store affordable ...

Breakthrough Research Enhances Stability and Efficiency of Perovskite Solar Cells

Jan. 22, 2024 — A research team has achieved remarkable advancements in the stability and efficiency of perovskite solar ...

Next-Generation Batteries Could Go Organic, Cobalt-Free for Long-Lasting Power

Jan. 18, 2024 — In the switch to 'greener' energy sources, the demand for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries is surging. However, their cathodes typically contain cobalt -- a metal whose extraction has ...

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 ...

Cobalt-Free Batteries Could Power Cars of the Future

Jan. 18, 2024 — A new battery material could offer a more sustainable way to power electric cars. The lithium-ion battery includes a cathode based on organic materials, instead of cobalt or ...