Molten sodium batteries have been used for many years to store energy from renewable sources, such as solar panels and wind turbines. However, commercially available...
A key component of next-generation solar panels can be created without expensive, high-temperature fabrication methods, demonstrating a pathway...
Researchers have increased the lifetime of a promising electric vehicle battery to a record level, an important step...
By designing a recycling strategy for a new, forthcoming generation of photovoltaic solar cells -- made from metal halide perovskites, a family of crystalline materials...
The next generation of electric vehicle batteries, with greater range and improved safety, could be emerging in the...
The sun delivers more energy to Earth in one hour than humanity consumes over an entire year. (more…)
A deceptively simple sensor system developed at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL ) can prevent dangerous conditions from developing in...
Long-lasting, quick-charging batteries are essential to the expansion of the electric vehicle market, but today's lithium-ion batteries fall...
Quantum mechanics can be used to create more stable and more easily produced organic solar cells. These are...
Researchers in the materials department in UC Santa Barbara's College of Engineering have uncovered a major cause of...
Scientists have identified the primary cause of failure in a state-of-the-art lithium-metal battery, of interest for long-range electric vehicles. (more…)
QUT researchers have used carbon dots, created from human hair waste sourced from a Brisbane barbershop, to create...
EPFL scientists have developed a new dye for solar cells that enables high power-conversion efficiency while being simple...
Lithium-ion batteries have made possible the lightweight electronic devices whose portability we now take for granted, as well as the rapid expansion of electric vehicle...
A new, simpler solution process for fabricating stable perovskite solar cells overcomes the key bottleneck to large-scale production...
An innovative analysis of two-dimensional (2D) materials from engineers at the University of Surrey could boost the development...
