Washington State University (WSU) and University of Tennessee researchers led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory believe they have reached a critical milestone in solar cell fabrication, helping pave the way for solar energy to directly compete with electricity generated by conventional energy sources. This milestone is based on improving the […]

TU Graz researchers with the Wetsus research center in The Netherlands have managed to produce electrically charged water by means of a floating water bridge. The “water bridge” phenomenon was discovered in the 19th century and simply sank into a forgotten oblivion. The researchers at TU Graz, rediscovered the “water bridge” phenomenon in 2007. They […]

MIT researchers have now demonstrated solar cells so thin, flexible, and lightweight that they could be placed on almost any material or surface, including your hat, shirt, or smartphone, or even on a sheet of paper or a helium balloon. Such a technology is the thinnest, lightest solar cells ever produced. The new process is […]

University of Utah engineers have discovered a new kind of 2 dimensional semiconducting material for electronics that opens the door for much speedier computers, smartphones and other devices that also consumes a lot less power. The semiconductor, made of the elements tin and oxygen, or tin monoxide (SnO), is a layer of two dimensional (2D) […]

Researchers at Lomonosov Moscow State University have developed a lithium ion battery cathode material with a very high charge rate getting down to 90 seconds while retaining more than 75% of the initial capacity. The team also believes the discovery may stimulate the development of batteries where expensive lithium could be replaced with cheaper potassium. […]

« go back
css.php