Don't wait, desalinate: A new approach to water purification
Two-thirds of the Earth's surface is awash with the stuff, but water—specifically, the clean and drinkable kind—is inaccessible to billions of people.
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Energy & Green Tech
Team develops a novel, completely solid, rechargeable air battery
Metals are typically used as active materials for negative electrodes in batteries. Recently, redox-active organic molecules, such as quinone- and amine-based molecules, have been used as negative electrodes in rechargeable ...
Jun 12, 2023
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Doubling the capacity of iron oxide-type cathodes for cost-effective Li-ion batteries
A research group has demonstrated a high-energy lithium-ion (Li-ion) cathode, potentially paving the way for cost-effective, safe and high-capacity Li-ion batteries.
Jan 23, 2023
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A molecular optimization framework to identify promising organic radicals for aqueous redox flow batteries
Recent advancements in the development of machine learning and optimization techniques have opened new and exciting possibilities for identifying suitable molecular designs, compounds, and chemical candidates for different ...
Energy & Green Tech
All-in-one solar-powered tower makes carbon-neutral jet fuel
Researchers have designed a fuel production system that uses water, carbon dioxide (CO2), and sunlight to produce aviation fuel. They have implemented the system in the field, and the design, publishing July 20 in the journal ...
Jul 20, 2022
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A heteropoly acid negolyte that could enhance the performance of aqueous redox flow batteries at low temperatures
In recent years, engineers have been developing a wide range of new battery technologies and solutions. One of these are redox flow batteries, devices that can store electrochemical energy by converting chemical energy into ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Organic semiconductor-based nanoparticles with long-lasting reactive charges
Due to their advantageous properties, organic semiconductors could be very promising photocatalysts for producing solar fuels. In fact, these materials can be synthetically tuned to absorb visible light, while simultaneously ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
A strategy to manipulate photocurrent direction in p-n heterojunction nanowires
Semiconductor p-n junctions are boundaries between two types of semiconductors (i.e., p-type and n-type semiconductor materials). These junctions are crucial components of many modern electronic devices.
Computer Sciences
Development of dendritic-network-implementable artificial neurofiber transistors
Advances in artificial-intelligence-based technologies have led to an astronomical increase in the amounts of data available for processing by computers. Existing computing methods often process data sequentially and therefore ...
Sep 23, 2021
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Charging stations can combine hydrogen production and energy storage
The need for reliable renewable energy is growing fast, as countries around the world—including Switzerland—step up their efforts to fight climate change, find alternatives to fossil fuels and reach the energy-transition ...
Aug 30, 2021
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