solar energy
If solubilty is the problem – Mechanochemistry is the solution
Chemist Dr. Lars Borchardt and his team at TU Dresden recently achieved a huge breakthrough in the synthesis of nanographenes. Because of their unique…
Solar powered sea slugs shed light on search for perpetual green energy
In an amazing achievement akin to adding solar panels to your body, a Northeast sea slug sucks raw materials from algae to provide its lifetime supply of…
Photovoltaics: easy implementation thanks to modern printing techniques
Renewable energy has become an important topic in today’s society. Modern printing solutions promise the easy and cost efficient production of photovoltaics…
Desert solar to fuel centuries of air travel
Thermochemical solar fuel manufacturing would be an energy industry with a life of centuries, rather than decades. The feedstock of sunlight, carbon dioxide…
Transparent solar technology represents 'wave of the future'
Led by engineering researchers at Michigan State University, the authors argue that widespread use of such highly transparent solar applications, together with…
New nanomaterial can extract hydrogen fuel from seawater
It's possible to produce hydrogen to power fuel cells by extracting the gas from seawater, but the electricity required to do it makes the process costly. UCF…