Charge transport jamming in solar cells (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur...
(Source: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften eV) New insights into working mechanism indicate how novel perovskite solar cells can be further optimised October 01, 2014...
View ArticleScientists Shed Light on Organic Photovoltaic Characteristics (NIST -...
(Source: NIST - National Institute of Standards and Technology) Photovoltaic devices, also known as solar cells, produce electrical power when exposed to light, and that technology has enabled a...
View ArticleTechnique improves the efficacy of fuel cells (Argonne National Laboratory)
(Source: Argonne National Laboratory) Research involved the Advanced Photon Source By Leah Burrows. This release was originally posted at Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied...
View ArticleNew Hybrid Fuel Cell Made From E. coli, Gold, And Titanium
Escherichia coli (E. coli) is not something anyone wants to come into contact with; after all, this bacteria is responsible for fairly potent, sometimes dangerous, food poisoning. A team of researchers...
View ArticleLos Alamos explores hybrid ultrasmall gold nanocluster for enzymatic fuel...
(Source: Los Alamos National Laboratory) Contact Los Alamos National Laboratory Nancy Ambrosiano Communications Office (505) 667-0471 Email "Our work seeks to boost electron transfer efficiency,...
View ArticleWashington Auto Show Spotlight: How Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles Work (EERE -...
(Source: EERE - Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) Fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) are quickly becoming a commercially viable sustainable transportation option for Americans. Unlike...
View ArticleZenyatta Ventures and Ballard Power Systems Initiate Project Using Albany...
THUNDER BAY, ON--(Marketwired - October 21, 2015) - Zenyatta Ventures Ltd. ("Zenyatta" or "Company") (TSX VENTURE: ZEN) is pleased to announce the initiation of a project with Ballard Power Systems...
View ArticleStanford researchers seek 'Holy Grail' in battery design (Stanford University)
(Source: Stanford University) By Andrew Myers Steve Castillo Yi Cui, Stanford professor of materials science and engineering, and his team are designing a pure lithium anode for rechargeable batteries....
View ArticleHydride-ion conduction makes its first appearance (Tokyo Institute of...
(Source: Tokyo Institute of Technology) Japanese scientists demonstrate the first electrochemical reaction based on hydride ions in an oxide-based solid-state cell for potential next-generation...
View ArticlePositive Results Boost Lithium-ion Battery Program (Talga Resources Ltd)
(Source: Talga Resources Ltd) 10 October 2016 ASX:TLG Positive Results Boost Lithium-ion Battery Program Talga Resources Ltd ABN 32 138 405 419 1st Floor, 2 Richardson St, West Perth, WA 6005 T: +61 8...
View Articlesodium-ion batteries (ANSTO - Australian Nuclear Science and Technology...
(Source: ANSTO - Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation) Sodium-ion batteries are a type of reusable battery that uses sodium ions as charge carriers. The sodium salts used to prepare...
View ArticleNASA Hosts Media for Update on Asteroid Grand Challenge, Robotics Tour (NASA...
(Source: NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Media and social media are invited to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland Tuesday, June 16 for an update on the...
View ArticleX-ray spectroscopy reveals details of capacity fading in Li-ion batteries...
(Source: Universiteit van Amsterdam) First study of electrodes under operating conditions 2 December 2016 The improvement of batteries is one of the key factors in increasing the performance of...
View ArticleDiscovery Could Dramatically Boost Efficiency of Perovskite Solar Cells...
(Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Scientists from the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have discovered a possible secret to dramatically...
View ArticleThe History of Lithium Ion Batteries Is Explosive
Samsung’s massive global recall of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone has once again focused attention on the hazards of lithium ion batteries—specifically, the hazards of lithium ion batteries exploding....
View ArticleNew Multi-Use Firing Room 4 used for Resource Prospector Mission Simulation...
(Source: Ames Research Center) A simulation test of the RESOLVE payload June 3 was the first use of one of the new 21st century multi-user control rooms inside Firing Room 4 in the Launch Control...
View ArticleReclamation Summer Interns Share Work With Colleagues (Bureau of Reclamation)
(Source: Bureau of Reclamation) Reclamation Summer Interns Share Work With Colleagues Written by: Peter Soeth As the school season starts back up in full swing, college students worldwide will go back...
View ArticleLow-impact hub generates electrical current from pure plant power (University...
(Source: University of Cambridge) Green wall technology and semi-transparent solar panels have been combined to generate electrical current from a renewable source of energy both day and night. This...
View ArticleResearchers Use 'Seafloor Gardens' to Switch on Light Bulb (Ames Research...
(Source: Ames Research Center) This photo simulation shows a laboratory-created "chemical garden," which is a chimney-like structure found at bubbling vents on the seafloor. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech...
View ArticleEvidence for Moon-Forming Impact Found Inside Meteorites (Ames Research Center)
(Source: Ames Research Center) The inner Solar System's biggest known collision was the moon-forming giant impact between a large protoplanet and the proto-Earth. Kilometer-sized fragments from this...
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