Realizing a century-old dream to make electricity from air
European research is expanding clean-energy options, bolstering the EU's goal to become climate-neural by 2050.
Dec 19, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
An integrated, net-negative system captures carbon and produces ethylene
Engineers at the University of Illinois Chicago have built a machine that captures carbon from flue gas and converts it to ethylene.
Dec 12, 2022
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Sound vibrations turbo charge green hydrogen production
Engineers in Melbourne have used sound waves to boost production of green hydrogen by 14 times, through electrolysis to split water.
Dec 12, 2022
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Barcelona-Marseille pipeline: an ambitious but risky project
A planned underwater hydrogen pipeline connecting Barcelona and Marseille is a risky project, but one that is key for the European Union's energy independence.
Dec 7, 2022
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Promise of zinc-ion batteries for electric grid storage is currently overestimated, scientists say
In the quest to be able to store renewable solar and wind energy on the electric grid to be used at times when the sun isn't shining and the wind isn't blowing, scientists are investigating a number of different types of ...
Nov 29, 2022
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Understanding a cerium quirk could help advance grid-scale energy storage
An explanation for why flow batteries using the metal cerium in a sulfuric acid electrolyte fall short on voltage, discovered through a study led by the University of Michigan, could pave the way for better battery chemistry.
Nov 15, 2022
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EXPLAINER: World Cup host Qatar relies on desalination
Arid and surrounded by the salt waters of the Persian Gulf, World Cup host Qatar is among the world's most water-stressed countries. The nation of 2.9 million people has no rivers, and receives less than four inches (10 centimeters) ...
Nov 10, 2022
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Achieving photovoltaic power generation for over 1,000 continuous hours, efficiency more than 20%
NIMS has developed a durable 1-cm2 perovskite solar cell capable of generating electricity for more than 1,000 continuous hours at a photoelectric conversion efficiency (i.e., power generation efficiency) of more than 20% ...
Oct 7, 2022
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Making hydrogen out of thin air
A team of researchers at the University of Melbourne, working with a colleague from the University of Manchester, has developed a device that can use humidity from the air to make hydrogen gas. In their paper published in ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
One step closer to the localization of semiconductor sensor technology
A joint research team in Korea succeeded in identifying the reaction principle of the high-selectivity gas sensing material and developing the world's first multi-response high-selectivity gas sensor that can simultaneously ...
Aug 22, 2022
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