High-performance electrolyte solves battery puzzle
Lithium ion batteries have already become an integral part of our everyday life.
However, our energy-hungry society demands longer life, faster charging, and lighter batteries...
Fractals could be pleasing in solar panels, says study
Stress reduction and improved solar electricity could someday come together in an unexpected package.
A University of Oregon study suggests that a new design of...
Gas storage method could help next-generation clean energy vehicles
A research team led by Northwestern University has designed and synthesized new materials with ultrahigh porosity and surface area for the storage of hydrogen...
Scientists develop high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries
Scientists have developed Fe1-xS-decorated mesoporous carbon spheres as the nanoreactor, which can be applied as lithium-sulfur battery cathode.
The nanoreactor showed excellent polysulfide catalytic activity...
New scavenger technology allows robots to ‘eat’ metal for energy
When electronics need their own power sources, there are two basic options: batteries and harvesters.
Batteries store energy internally, but are therefore heavy and have...
Scientists develop a better redox flow battery
USC scientists have developed a new battery that could solve the electricity storage problem constraining widespread use of renewable energy.
The technology is a new...
Scientists predict new state of matter
Three scientists from the University of Chicago have run the numbers, and they believe there may be a way to make a material that...
New AI technique could check battery health with 10x higher accuracy
Researchers have designed a machine learning method that can predict battery health with 10x higher accuracy than current industry standard.
The new method could aid...
Scientists tap unused energy source to power future smart sensor networks
The electricity that lights our homes and powers our appliances also creates small magnetic fields that are present all around us.
Scientists have developed a...
On Mars or Earth, biohybrid can turn CO2 into new products
If humans ever hope to colonize Mars, the settlers will need to manufacture on-planet a huge range of organic compounds, from fuels to drugs,...