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Clean fuel cells could be cheap enough to replace gas engines in vehicles
May 09, 2019 (SPX)
The researchers have developed a new fuel cell that lasts at least 10 times longer than current technology, an improvement that would make them economically pra...
New crystalline material boasts electronic properties never before seen
May 08, 2019 (UPI)
The atoms in the new materials are crystallized in a special pattern, with each row offset from the other. The pattern creates a spiral staircase of aluminum an...
New class of catalysts for energy conversion
May 08, 2019 (SPX)
Researchers at Ruhr-Universitat Bochum (RUB) and Max-Planck-Institut fur Eisenforschung in Dusseldorf are now reporting on a new class of catalysts that is theo...
Nickel-Zinc Battery Improved cycle life drives lower cost in the industrial battery sector
May 08, 2019 (SPX)
Self-powered wearable tech
May 07, 2019 (SPX)
Changyong Cao, director of MSU's Soft Machines and Electronics Laboratory, led a team of scientists in creating highly stretchable supercapacitors for powering ...
High thermal conductivity of new material will create energy efficient devices
May 07, 2019 (SPX)
The team, led by Professor Martin Kuball at the Center for Device Thermography and Reliability (CDTR), found that by making an ultra-pure version of Boron Nitri...
Transforming waste heat into clean energy
May 02, 2019 (SPX)
Researchers working in the area of thermoelectric power generation say absolutely. But whether it can be done cost-effectively remains a question. For now, ther...
Graphene sponge helps lithium sulphur batteries reach new potential
May 01, 2019 (SPX)
The researchers' novel idea is a porous, sponge-like aerogel, made of reduced graphene oxide, that acts as a free-standing electrode in the battery cell and all...
China's quest for clean, limitless energy heats up
Apr 28, 2019 (AFP)
Sometimes called an "artificial sun" for the sheer heat and power it produces, the doughnut-shaped Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) that jut...
Researchers improve method to recycle and renew used cathodes from lithium-ion batteries
Apr 23, 2019 (SPX)
Zheng Chen, a professor of nanoengineering who is affiliated with the Sustainable Power and Energy Center at UC San Diego, led the project. The work was publish...
Researchers report high performance solid-state sodium-ion battery
Apr 23, 2019 (SPX)
The improved performance, reported in the journal Joule, is related to two key findings: + The resistive interface between the electrolyte and cathode that comm...
Artificial intelligence speeds efforts to develop clean, virtually limitless fusion energy
Apr 23, 2019 (SPX)
A major step in this direction is under way at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and Princeton University, where ...
Need more energy storage? Just hit 'print'
Apr 23, 2019 (SPX)
Conductive inks have been around for nearly a decade and they represent a multi-hundred million-dollar market that is expected to grow rapidly into the next dec...
New additive yields longer-lasting lithium batteries
Apr 22, 2019 (UPI)
One team of researchers has found a way to prolong battery life of lithium metal batteries. When scientists added a nano-coating of boron nitride to the electro...
Rare metal improves performance of energy-harvesting piezoelectric crystals
Apr 19, 2019 (UPI)
Piezoelectric crystals are used in sensors, including underwater sonars and medical ultrasound imaging devices. These technologies use perovskite oxide crystals...
New discovery makes fast-charging, better performing lithium-ion batteries possible
Apr 17, 2019 (SPX)
A lithium-ion battery charges and discharges as lithium ions move between two electrodes, called an anode and a cathode. In a traditional lithium-ion battery, t...
Unexpected properties uncovered in recently discovered superconductor
Apr 17, 2019 (SPX)
Superconductors are materials with extremely low electrical resistance. They have already seen numerous applications to powerful electromagnets, particularly in...
Physicists improve understanding of heat and particle flow in the edge of a fusion device
Apr 16, 2019 (SPX)
The result partially corroborates past PPPL findings that the width of the heat exhaust produced by fusion reactions could be six times wider, and therefore les...
Ready, set, go: Scientists evaluate novel technique for firing up fusion-reaction fuel
Apr 15, 2019 (SPX)
The innovative technique, known as "transient coaxial helical injection (CHI)," eliminates the central magnet, or solenoid, that launches the plasma inside toka...
Fuel cell advance a breath of fresh air for future power alternative
Apr 10, 2019 (SPX)
Now, in an advance that could help lead the way toward longer-lived green energy devices, engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have revealed new ins...
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