Metal powders could provide a more viable long-term replacement for fossil fuels than hydrogen, biofuels or batteries.
17 December 2015
Scientists have have produced highly durable and active platinum-iron nanoparticles with a carbon shell for use as fuel cell catalysts.
17 December 2015
A new germanium nanofilm not only shimmers like an opal but is hard as a crystal, exceptionally thin and highly porous.
16 December 2015
16 December 2015Baptiste Gault
Adding minuscule silicon pillars to the surface of a solar cell can more than double the amount of energy it produces.
15 December 2015
Scientists have used graphene produced by heating plastic sheets with a laser to create flexible, solid-state micro-supercapacitors.
14 December 2015
Could oceans be cleaned using entirely self-powered systems? A group of Chinese researchers believes so...
11 December 2015Laurie Winkless
A new material consisting of nanocellulose and a conductive polymer boasts an outstanding ability to store energy.
10 December 2015
A newly-developed polymer can minimize energy loss when converting sunlight to electricity in a solar cell.
10 December 2015
Scientists have discovered that doping tin selenide with sodium boosts its performance as a thermoelectric material.
7 December 2015
Using an organic superacid to fix defects in molybdenum disulphide produced a 100-fold increase in its photoluminescence quantum yield.
4 December 2015
Researchers have produced tandem solar cells from polycrystalline thin films, using a method that is suitable for mass production.
4 December 2015
Scientists have used scanning transmission electron microscopy to track atomic reconfigurations in individual platinum-cobalt nanoparticle catalysts.
2 December 2015
A novel ‘water-in-salt’ aqueous lithium-ion battery is able to produce double the voltage of other aqueous batteries.
2 December 2015