Yang Yang, an associate professor in UCF’s NanoScience Technology Center, works with a device that helped develop his triple-phase device that captures and converts carbon dioxide. Credit: Antoine Hart In…
Tag: Energy & Green Tech
Korean researchers develop portable system that harvests water from air
An eco-friendly diatomite filter and electron microscope images showing the filtration of polystyrene particles with sizes of 1.1 μm and 100 nm. Credit: Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM)…
A new electric reactor could cut industrial emissions
Currently, industrial processes in the U.S. account for approximately a third of the country’s carbon dioxide emissions—even more than the annual emissions from passenger vehicles, trucks, and airplanes combined. Decarbonizing…
Novel electrolyte design shows promise for longer-lasting lithium-metal batteries
Schematics of the solvation structures and interfacial reaction mechanisms of the CIPA electrolyte and conventional LHCEs. Credit: Jie et al. Lithium-metal batteries could exhibit significantly higher energy densities than lithium-ion…
Predicting the implications of transforming public transport depots in China into energy hubs
Credit: Liu et al To reduce carbon emissions and mitigate climate change on Earth, governments and companies worldwide have been investing in the electrification of both public transport and private…
Engineers design tiny batteries for powering cell-sized robots
The zinc-air battery is 0.1 millimeters long and 0.02 millimeters thick. Credit: Massachusetts Institute of Technology A tiny battery designed by MIT engineers could enable the deployment of cell-sized, autonomous…
