Scientists have made a breakthrough in the development of a new generation of electronics
Scientists have made a breakthrough in the development of a new generation of electronics that will require less power and generate less heat. It involves...
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Researchers have overcome a key obstacle in combining perovskites with silicon solar cells
Researchers from the University of Toronto Engineering and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have overcome...
New indoor photovoltaic cells can convert up to 34 percent of visible light into electricity
In a future where most things in our everyday life are connected through the internet, devices and sensors...
Department of Energy scientists learn more about the first hours of a lithium-ion battery’s life
The first hours of a lithium-ion battery's life largely determine just how well it will perform. In those moments, a set of molecules self-assembles into...
University of California professor is developing solar cells—he claims, work at night
What if solar cells worked at night? That's no joke, according to Jeremy Munday, a professor in the...
Engineers have built full lithium-ion batteries with silicon and alumina to protect degrading
The process of developing better rechargeable batteries may be cloudy, but there's an alumina lining. A slim layer...
New study on a recently discovered chlorophyll molecule could be key to better solar cells
All living organisms need energy for their survival, and this energy indirectly comes from the sun. Some organisms, such as plants, cyanobacteria, and algae, are...
Computer Scientists collaborate to map the significant carbon impacts of digital content
A collaboration between computer scientists at the University of Bristol and nine major media companies, including ITV and...
IBM Research is building a new battery chemistry it says can perform better than lithium-ion
IBM Research is building on a long history of materials science innovation to unveil a new battery discovery....
MIT’s engineering researcher enters the race to develop renewables and storage technologies
In the early 20th century, just as electric grids were starting to transform daily life, an unlikely advocate...
Artificial intelligence may help scientists at the University of Central Florida make spray-on solar cells
Artificial Intelligence may be just the thing to accelerate spray-on solar cell technology, which could revolutionize how consumers use energy. A research team at the...
It so happens that punching holes in opaque solar cells turns them transparent
Researchers in Korea have found an effective and inexpensive strategy to transform solar cells from opaque to transparent....
Rice University scientists show how to make batteries better by speeding up lithium absorption
Scientists at Rice University’s Brown School of Engineering have discovered that placing specific defects in the crystalline lattice...
Researchers report a device that efficiently captures solar energy and stores it until it is needed
Researchers from the University of Houston have reported a new device that can both efficiently capture solar energy and store it until it is needed,...
Researchers want to use mountains to close the gap between existing short- and long-term storage technologies
Batteries are rapidly becoming less expensive and might soon offer a cheap short-term solution to store energy for...
US DOE technology decreases charge time by a factor of two in lithium-ion batteries
Exposing cathodes to light decreases charge time by a factor of two in lithium-ion batteries. Researchers at the...