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Antimony-Based Anode Material Improves Performance of Sodium-Ion Batteries

Lithium-ion batteries have become essential in everyday technology. However, these power sources can explode in certain circumstances and are not suitable for storing grid-scale energy.

16 Feb 2017

SunLink, CalCom Solar Successfully Complete Three Solar Projects in California’s Central Valley

With shared expertise in designing, permitting, building and optimizing solar energy systems for agricultural operations, SunLink Corporation and CalCom Solar have successfully completed three solar projects in Shafter and Wasco, Calif. – the first in a larger Central Valley portfolio of installations.

16 Feb 2017

Research on Electrochemical Water Catalysis to Tap Energy from Renewable Energy Sources

New, greener energy solutions are needed as fossil fuel energy is fast depleting and a leading cause of pollution.

15 Feb 2017

Perovskite Material can Harvest Energy from Light, Heat and Movement

Wearable gadgets are most convenient and versatile when they can be powered without batteries.

By Anna Clemens 13 Feb 2017

A Cheap Battery That Can Store Renewable Energy and Last a Decade

Renewable energies are still not competitive with traditional energy sources. With the discovery of a new flow battery for storing intermittent energy, researchers from the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard have come a great deal further in closing the gap.

By Anna Clemens 13 Feb 2017

Researchers Develop Aqueous Soluble Organic Electrolytes to Optimize Service Life of Flow Batteries

A new type of flow battery with the ability to store energy in organic molecules that are dissolved in neutral pH water has been developed by scientists at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS).

10 Feb 2017

New Technology for Developing Automobile Tires Using Renewable Resources

A research team headed by the University of Minnesota has invented a new technology that will help develop automobile tires from grasses and trees in a process capable of shifting the tire production industry toward using renewable resources available in our backyards.

9 Feb 2017

New Competition to Find Smart IoT Solutions for Greener Cities

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is supporting a new competition to find smart solutions to reduce the environmental footprint of our cities.

9 Feb 2017

New Method to Leach Lithium and Cobalt from Recycled Batteries

Phones, tablets, electric vehicles, and several other applications are powered by rechargeable lithium ion batteries. Unfortunately, the batteries are typically only functional for two to three years, and the devices that they power can fail.

8 Feb 2017

Ultra Clean Vacuum Furnace Commissioned At Solar Atmospheres of Western PA

Solar Atmospheres of Western PA recently added a very unique piece of equipment to its fleet of furnaces – a brand new, state of the art all molybdenum hot zoned vacuum furnace. The all stainless steel chamber with a 24” wide x 24” high x 36” deep hot zone rated at 2500°F is equipped with an oversized pumping system.

8 Feb 2017

Scientists Develop Turbo Expander Electric Generator Operating on High-Pressure Natural Gas

A turbo expander electric generator working on high-pressure natural gas has been developed by scientists at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU).

6 Feb 2017

MIT Researchers Explore Lithium Sulfides to Create All-Solid Lithium Batteries

A majority of batteries are made up of two solid, electrochemically active layers known as electrodes, divided by a polymer membrane infused with a gel or liquid electrolyte.

3 Feb 2017

Researchers Run Simulations to Find New Electrolyte Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Researchers have been looking for better battery materials ever since Alessandro Volta, an Italian physicist, invented the first battery out of a stack of zinc and copper disks separated by moistened cardboard.

2 Feb 2017

MIT Professor Explores Impacts and Effects of Particulate Pollution

We breathe it in and out every few seconds, yet the air that surrounds us has chemical activity and variations in its composition that are remarkably complex.

2 Feb 2017

Solar Atmospheres Greenville, SC Facility Is Now Boeing Approved

After completing an intensive three day audit, Solar Atmospheres Southeast is pleased to announce its addition to the Boeing approved processor listing. The Greenville facility joins an exclusive group of suppliers in the thermal processing industry and will have an approved scope of processing that will include the following specifications:

2 Feb 2017