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NTU Researchers Invent New Nanofilter for Efficient Wastewater Treatment

A team of researchers from at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore have developed a new nanofilter capable of reducing the energy required to treat wastewater. The amount of energy is reduced up to five times the normal quantity required for the treatment.

8 Jul 2016

Nanoparticles Could Make Wind Turbines, Electric Cars More Affordable

Rare earth elements are critical materials that are largely depended by many technologies ranging from electric vehicles to wind turbines. Although these materials are abundantly available, it is expensive and also difficult to obtain.

3 Jun 2016

University of Houston's Debora Rodrigues Receives C3E Research Award for Work in Clean Energy

Debora Rodrigues, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Houston, has received the 2016 C3E Research Award. Her work focuses on developing bio- and nanotechnologies to reduce energy costs in water and wastewater treatment.

27 May 2016

Chinese Researchers Introduce New Approach for Making All-Weather Solar Cell

Solar energy is on the rise. Many technical advances have made solar cells quite efficient and affordable in recent years.

4 Apr 2016

HZB Researchers Produce Hybrid Structure that Achieves 12% Solar-to-Hydrogen Efficiency

An innovative process has been developed by researchers at the HZB Institute to produce highly sensitive semiconductors from solar fuels. They could be used in the solar water splitting process, using an organic, transparent protective layer.

23 Mar 2016

Scientists Use Leaves and Sodium to Make Batteries

ACS Applied Materials Interfaces recently published a study by University of Maryland scientists, who have discovered a new method for preparing batteries. This new preparation method starts with baking a leaf, and then adding sodium. The scientists used a carbonized oak leaf filled with sodium as a negative terminal or anode for the demonstration battery.

1 Feb 2016

Researchers Observe Molecular Processes of Organic Solar Cells

A group of scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has successfully observed the unique molecular processes that occur during the production of organic solar cells.

13 Jan 2016

Organic Nanocomposites Hold Promise for Development of Biodegradable Displays

Researchers from the University of Missouri have formulated a method that could pave the way for the manufacture of biodegradable electronics with the use of organic components found in mobile phone screen displays. This research sets the pace for reduction of electronic waste from landfills across the world.

16 Oct 2015

Graphene Helps to Create Efficient, Inexpensive, Semitransparent Perovskite Solar Cells

Researchers from the Department of Applied Physics at Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have created efficient yet inexpensive semitransparent perovskite solar cells using graphene electrodes.

10 Sep 2015

Researchers Fabricate Colorful, See-through Solar Cells

Colorful, see-through solar cells invented at the University of Michigan could one day be used to make stained-glass windows, decorations and even shades that turn the sun's energy into electricity.

5 Mar 2014