MIT researchers devise new way to make light interact with matter
This could lead to more efficient solar cells someday
A new way of enhancing the interactions between light and matter could someday lead to more...
New ways to stabilize record-high capacity lithium-ion battery
Advancement could pave the way for less expensive, longer-lasting batteries for electric vehicles
A Northwestern University research team has found ways to stabilize a new...
Confined light could lead to cheaper and more efficient lasers, solar cells
Cheaper and more efficient photonic devices, such as lasers, optical fibers, and other light sources may be possible with confined light that is unaffected...
New discovery paves the way for safer, smaller batteries and fuel cells
Fuel cells and batteries provide electricity by generating and coaxing positively charged ions from a positive to a negative terminal which frees negatively charged...
Prototype nuclear battery packs 10 times more power than ordinary chemical batteries
Russian researchers have optimized the design of a nuclear battery generating power from the beta decay of nickel-63, a radioactive isotope.
Their new battery prototype...
Lego-like chemical building blocks self-assemble into catalyst for hydrogen fuel cells
What's better than platinum?
In hydrogen fuel cells, the answer is cofacial cobalt porphyrins.
It's a mouthful to say, and if you're not a chemist, you've...
Better, faster, stronger: Building batteries that don’t go boom
Understanding how lithium reacts to pressure developed from charging and discharging a battery could mean safer, better batteries
There's an old saying: "You must learn...
Polymer crystals hold key to record-breaking energy transport
Scientists from the universities of Bristol and Cambridge have found a way to create polymeric semiconductor nanostructures that absorb light and transport its energy...
What does the future of energy look like?
Fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas supply 80 percent of the world’s energy to warm homes, charge devices and power transportation.
They are...
Energy harvesting capability could increase 10-fold with this new tech
A 10-fold increase in the ability to harvest mechanical and thermal energy over standard piezoelectric composites may be possible using a piezoelectric ceramic foam...