1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (607+ words) Every year, millions of lithium-ion batteries reach the end of their lives, and most of the graphite inside them is quietly thrown away....

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (696+ words) Scientists at Pusan National University have published a comprehensive review showing that microorganisms wired directly to electrical circuits could become the backbone of a carbon-negative chemical industry. In a paper in the journal Advances in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Chang…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (498+ words) Solar panels have a paradox built into their design: the more sunlight they receive, the hotter they get, and the hotter they get, the worse they perform....

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (854+ words) Solid-state batteries have long been heralded as the holy grail of energy storage, promising electric vehicles that drive farther, charge faster and, crucially, catch fire far less often. Yet the materials at the heart of this revolution have stubbornly refused…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (676+ words) Researchers in India have unveiled a new ternary nanocomposite electrode material that pushes the performance limits of supercapacitors, the fast-charging energy storage devices increasingly seen as companions to batteries in electric vehicles, renewable energy systems and portable electronics....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (831+ words) In the quiet pursuit of better batteries and supercapacitors, some of the most promising breakthroughs are happening not in exotic new compounds but in carefully tweaked versions of familiar materials. A research team from St....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (84+ words) Stress-induced fracture has long been recognized as one of the primary culprits behind the degradation of positive electrode active materials in lithium-based batteries, quietly undermining the performance of everything from electric vehicle packs to grid-scale storage systems. Each time a…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (87+ words) solid oxide fuel cells Bioengineer.org New Perovskite Cathode Could Finally Let Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Run Below 400 °C Subject of Research: Cobalt and strontium co-doped neodymium iron oxide (CSNFO) as a novel cathode material for low-temperature solid oxide fuel…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (77+ words) Microalgae are being investigated as compact biological factories for renewable fuels, and a new study suggests that an ionic liquid can help recover their energy-rich lipids under relatively mild processing conditions. Researchers working with the freshwater cyanobacterium Oscillatoria sp. found…...