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Study Reveals Inequalities in Carbon Footprints of Chinese Households

Inequalities in China’s household carbon footprints and incomes risk undermining the country’s attempts to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, according to new research involving the University of East Angli...

20 Dec 2016

Researchers Develop New Simulation Method to Help Combat Climate Change

A potential solution for addressing climate change is to securely store carbon dioxide underground in reservoirs from which oil was previously extracted, an approach known as carbon sequestration.

19 Dec 2016

Stanford Team Explores AI to Build Safer Lithium-Ion Batteries for Electronic Gadgets

Scientists have spent decades searching for a safe substitute to the flammable liquid electrolytes used in lithium-ion batteries.

16 Dec 2016

Researchers Design Mechanical Energy Transducer Based on Flexible Organic Ionic Diodes

A new concept in energy harvesting could capture energy that is currently mostly wasted due to its characteristic low frequency and use it to power next-generation electronic devices.

16 Dec 2016

New Battery Test Cell Allows Separate Investigation of Anionic and Cationic Reactions

For years, small rechargeable lithium-ion batteries have reliably supplied billions of portable devices with energy. But manufacturers of high-energy applications such as electric cars and power storage systems seek for new electrode materials and electrolytes.

15 Dec 2016

Global Reach of Scotland’s Renewables Expertise Revealed by New Research

Scots renewables firms work in Japan, USA, Canada, Jamaica, Finland, Kenya, and more. Industry extends across 43 countries - on every continent bar Antarctica. Goods and services exports worth more than £125m over 5 year...

12 Dec 2016

Researchers One Step Closer to Making Seawater Battery

As lithium-ion batteries are widely used in smartphones and other rechargeable devices, it is hard to imagine replacing them. However, the increasing lithium price has induced a search for alternatives.

8 Dec 2016

Researchers Discover New Alternative for Battery Power Storage

New materials offering an alternative to battery power has turned out to be a major scientific advancement that has proven to be between 1,000-10,000 times more powerful than the currently available battery alternative - a supercapacitor.

6 Dec 2016

Simple Processing Technique Could Reduce Cost of Organic Photovoltaics, Wearable Electronics

With a new technique for manufacturing single-layer organic polymer solar cells, scientists at UC Santa Barbara and three other universities might very well move organic photovoltaics into a whole new generation of wearable devices and enable small-scale distributed power generation.

6 Dec 2016

New Plug and Play Solar Panels Could Provide 57 GW of Renewable Energy

A new study shows a huge US market for plug and play solar energy, with billions of dollars in retail sales and energy savings. So what's holding up widespread use?

6 Dec 2016

KAUST Researchers Study Ion Chemistry Using Low-Pressure Flame

Power stations that are cleaner and more efficient can be obtained with the characterization of compounds produced in combustion.

5 Dec 2016

Study Shows Ultrathin Porous Catalysts Could Convert Water into Fuel

Researchers at Griffith University continue to lead the way in harnessing renewable energy sources that not only promise to be the next generation of clean fuel, but also hold potential for improved solar conversion and energy storage devices.

2 Dec 2016

Researchers Develop New Method to Produce Hydrogen at Low Temperatures

A new, fast and irreversible method of producing hydrogen has been developed by researchers from Waseda University. This method uses less energy and takes place at a very low temperature. This development is expected to contribute to the increase of fuel cell systems for homes and automobiles.

2 Dec 2016

Engineers Achieve Highest Efficiency Rating for Perovskite Solar Cells

They’re flexible, cheap to produce and simple to make – which is why perovskites are the hottest new material in solar cell design. And now, UNSW engineers have smashed the world efficiency record.

2 Dec 2016

FSU Researcher Designs New Material for Efficient Storage of Hydrogen Fuel

A Florida State University researcher has designed new materials that could be used to store hydrogen fuel more efficiently in vehicles or other devices that use clean energy.

2 Dec 2016