Energy & Green Tech
New research from the University of British Columbia and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shows that using halogens—a class of elements that include fluoride, bromine, chlorine and iodine—in a dye-sensitized ...
Dec 20, 2017
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One way of increasing sustainability is to reduce carbon fuel emissions within transportation. In 2017 greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from this sector surpassed all others in the U.S., accounting for nearly 30% of total GHG ...
Nov 27, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
Tossing worn-out solar panels into landfills may soon become electronics waste history.
Jun 24, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Imagine stoplights and cars communicating with each other to optimize the flow of traffic. This isn't science fiction—it's the Internet of Things (IoT), i.e., objects that sense their surroundings and respond via the internet. ...
Jan 16, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
With a $2-million grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC), Berkeley Lab has developed a cost-effective thermoelectric waste-heat recovery system to reduce electricity-related carbon emissions. Industries such as ...
Aug 16, 2021
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Engineering
Engineering researchers have created new high-power electronic devices that are more energy efficient than previous technologies. The devices are made possible by a unique technique for "doping" gallium nitride (GaN) in a ...
Sep 6, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
A team of advanced materials chemistry researchers have made a significant breakthrough in the use of light to convert carbon and carbon dioxide (CO2) into carbon monoxide (CO).
Dec 12, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Solar cells are a critical component to the transition to renewable energy sources, and enhanced power conversion efficiency (PCE), or amount of power captured with a given amount of sunlight, increases the practicality of ...
May 18, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
To make organic solar cells (OSC) competitive, the light-absorbing molecules should simultaneously satisfy multiple key requirements, including a weak-absorption charge transfer state, a high dielectric constant, suitable ...
Jun 21, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Increasing demand for electrification in rural areas poses challenges, but also creates opportunities for development of decentralized electrification systems. Compared with conventional electrical grids based on large, centralized ...
Jul 13, 2020
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