Scientists create new solar-powered path to hydrogen fuel production
Scientists create solar-driven water-splitting catalyst to produce renewable energy.
Engineers at Lehigh University are the first to utilize a single enzyme biomineralization process to create...
Scientists create better way to harness the power of solar panels
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a way to better harness the volume of energy collected by solar panels.
In a new study,...
Scientist make new breakthrough in rechargeable lithium metal battery
A Stanford-led research team invented a new coating that could finally make lightweight lithium metal batteries safe and long-lasting, which could usher in the...
Scientists find main cause behind lithium metal battery failure
Scientists have discovered the root cause of why lithium metal batteries fail.
Bits of lithium metal deposits break off from the surface of the anode...
Scientists create new way to increase the efficiency of solar cells
Researchers at Columbia University have developed a way to harness more power from singlet fission to increase the efficiency of solar cells.
This provides a...
Fracking prompts global spike in atmospheric methane
Methane has been rising rapidly in the atmosphere over the past decade, contributing to global climate change.
Unlike the late 20th century when the...
Electric car charging stations may be portals for power grid cyberattacks
Electric cars are an essential component of a lower-carbon future.
However, a new report raises the specter that plug-in electric vehicles — and the charging...
Scientists create greener and cheaper way to make patterned metals for solar cells
Patterning metals for electronics and solar cells can be slow, expensive and involve toxic chemicals
Scientists from the Department of Chemistry at the University of...
Scientists discover key factors in how some algae harness solar energy
This could help produce more efficient and affordable algal biofuels.
Scientists have discovered how diatoms - a type of alga that produce 20 percent of...
Nanowire arrays could improve solar cell efficiency
Solar cell efficiency can improve by using metal nanowire meshes that provide high transmissivity and high electrical connectivity, says new study.
Transparent electrodes are a...