Less may be more in next-gen batteries
Rice lab tests cells with silicon anodes, aluminum coatings that protect cathodesCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Jan. 21, 2020) ...
Tag: Energy/Fuel (non-petroleum)
Advanced polymers help streamline water purification, environmental remediation
Credit: Photo by Fred Zwicky CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- It takes a lot of energy to collect, clean and dispose of ...
Plants absorb lead from perovskite solar cells more than expected
Credit: Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University Certain perovskite compounds are seen as a great hope for better and, above all, ...
Thousand-ton scale demonstration of solar fuel synthesis starts operation in Lanzhou, China
Credit: DICP The world's first demonstration project for direct solar fuel synthesis started operation in Lanzhou, China on Jan. 17, ...
Photoelectrochemical water-splitting efficiency hits 4.5%
Credit: P. Linfeng/EPFL Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting for hydrogen fuel generation has been considered the Holy Grail of electrochemistry. But ...
New computational screening approach identifies potential solid-state electrolytes
High-throughput computational screening for solid-state Li-ion conductorsCredit: @Leonid Kahle, EPFL Replacing the volatile and flammable liquid or polymer electrolytes now ...
Not so fast: Some batteries can be pushed too far
Rice engineers find overabundance of intentional defects can cause battery cathodes to failCredit: Mesoscale Materials Science Group/Rice University HOUSTON - ...
How to make it easier to turn plant waste into biofuels
Rutgers-led team develops innovative process to rapidly dissolve plant fibersCredit: Shih-Hsien Liu/ORNL and Shishir Chundawat/Rutgers University-New Brunswick Researchers have developed ...
Arabian Peninsula a trap for summer dust
Credit: © NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response team Intense winds blowing from Africa through a mountainous gap ...
Gasification goes green
Rice's low-temp photocatalyst could slash the carbon footprint for syngasCredit: Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -- (Jan. 10, 2020) ...
