Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The way buildings consume energy will continue to undergo massive upheavals in the next decade to adapt to electricity decarbonization efforts and the accompanying electrical grid…
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Researchers develop 70kW-level high power density vanadium flow battery stack
70 kW-level vanadium flow battery stack. Credit: DICP Recently, a research team led by Prof. Li Xianfeng from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of…
Oxygen vacancies boost performance of aqueous zinc ion batteries, study finds
by Li Zhaoqian and Zhao Weiwei, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences Electrochemical Reaction Kinetics and Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations. Credit: Li Zhaoqian According to research…
Researchers investigate how fuel cell-powered vehicles can reenergize overworked electricity grids
Credit: CC0 Public Domain University of Waterloo researchers are tapping into idled electric vehicles to act as mobile generators and help power overworked and aging electricity grids. After analyzing energy…
Bulky additives could make cheaper solar cells last longer
Perovskite solar cells like this one, made by Xiwen Gong’s group, could make solar energy cheaper and more environmentally friendly—but they degrade faster than silicon. In a study published in…
Greening our Northern California home and cars cut our energy bills by $11,000 a year, but it wasn’t easy
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As global carbon emissions from human activity hit an all-time high last year, my family zeroed out emissions from our home and cars while getting an…
Measurement technique sheds new light on semiconductors for solar fuels
A semitransparent gold Kelvin probe measures the photovoltage of an illuminated semiconductor film in contact with an electrode and a water solution. The photovoltage can be positive or negative, depending…
A new method to develop recyclable, organic and flexible electronics
Schematic illustration of the ROF (Recyclable Organic Flexible) electronics. Credit: Park et al. The electronics industry has been in continuous development over the past decades, leading to the development, fabrication…
Improving soil health with aeration curing for sludge management
Infographic showing how aeration curing helps neutralize the alkaline nature of soil through carbon dioxide immobilization. Credit: Shinya Inazumi, SIT, Japan The construction industry is recognized for its high resource…
