Scientists develop high-performance battery for renewable energy storage
A low-cost, high-performance battery chemistry developed by CU Boulder researchers could one day lead to scalable grid-level storage for wind and solar energy that...
Scientists develop stable battery cell that can directly convert heat into electricity
In a world where energy consumption is on the rise, our only hope is the development of new energy-generation technologies.
Although currently used renewable energy...
Scientists discover new low-cost thermoelectric material to cool electronics and vehicles
Has your steering wheel been too hot to touch this summer?
A new thermoelectric material reported in the journal Science could offer relief.
The widespread adoption...
You could power your devices by walking in the future
Imagine powering your devices by walking.
With technology recently developed by a group of researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, that possibility might...
Scientists discover source of degradation in sodium batteries
Batteries power our lives.
We rely on them to keep our cell phones and laptops buzzing and our hybrid and electric cars on the road.
But...
Common black plastics in food packaging could create renewable energy
Scientists have found how plastics commonly found in food packaging can be recycled to create new materials like wires for electricity - and could...
Scientists find unique, conductive edge states in 2D perovskite materials
Scientists find a new class of 2D perovskite materials with edges that are conductive like metals and cores that are insulating.
These unique properties have...
Wireless charging can mess up your smartphone’s battery
Wirelessly charging your smartphone, while highly convenient, risks depleting the life of devices using typical lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), report researchers.
Consumers and manufacturers have ramped...
Steering wind power in a new direction could boost production at wind farms
Angling turbines slightly away from the wind can boost energy produced overall and even out the otherwise variable supply, says Stanford study.
What's good for...
How to produce natural gas while storing carbon dioxide
New research at The University of Texas at Austin shows that injecting air and carbon dioxide into methane ice deposits buried beneath the Gulf...