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Underwater Solar Cells Convert Greenhouse Gases into Fuel

News - 19 Nov 2015

Inspired by the natural process of photosynthesis in plants, which converts energy from the sun into sugars, new solar cells have been developed that allow artificial photosynthesis. The cells convert...

Super Thin Solar Panels May Be The Result of Nanotechnology Research That Has Increased the Efficiency of Electron Transport

News - 3 Mar 2009

Overcoming a critical conductivity challenge to clean energy technologies, Boston College researchers have developed a titanium nanostructure that provides an expanded surface area and demonstrates...

Cutting Mercury Emissions from Electric Power Plants

News - 13 Jan 2008

Washington University in St. Louis is partnering with Chrysler LLC and a major Midwest utility company in a project to determine if paint solid residues from automobile manufacturing can reduce...

Berkeley Researchers Design Artificial Photosynthetic System Using Sequestrated Carbon Dioxide

News - 17 Apr 2015

A research team from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California (UC) Berkeley has developed a hybrid system of...

Solutions for Problems that Have Plagued Solar Cells for the Last 20 Years

News - 7 Apr 2010

Thanks to two technologies developed by Professor Benoît Marsan and his team at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) Chemistry Department, the scientific and commercial future of solar cells...

New Research Promises To Better Clean Up Contaminated Water or to Make Hydrogen Fuel

News - 16 Mar 2009

Single oxygen atoms dancing on a metal oxide slab, glowing brighter here and dimmer there, have helped chemists better understand how water splits into oxygen and hydrogen. In the process, the...

Novel Method for Integrating Flexible Solar Cells into Fabrics

News - 12 May 2014

Your tablet on your jacket sleeve, your smartphone in your watch—conventional batteries are not practicable for ever-lighter wearable electronic devices. A possible alternative is solar cells in...

PEC Development Could Make Hydrogen a More Viable Fuel Source

News - 8 Feb 2010

A novel strategy for engineering semiconductor materials can boost the performance of water-splitting solar cells for hydrogen production, according to a new study by researchers at the University of...

Catalysts Hold the Key to Increasing Energy Production and Reducing Climate Change Emissions

News - 5 Nov 2009

University of Utah chemists demonstrated the first conclusive link between the size of catalyst particles on a solid surface, their electronic properties and their ability to speed chemical reactions....

Nanotechnology Paint Can Kill Germs in Hospital When the Lights are Turned On

News - 10 Sep 2008

New nanotechnology paints for walls, ceilings, and surfaces could be used to kill hospital superbugs when fluorescent lights are switched on, scientists heard today (Wednesday 10 September 2008) at...