Sep
30
Solar Powered Hydrogen Production Clears 12% Efficiency
September 30, 2014 | Leave a Comment
Scientists at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have developed a new and efficient way of producing hydrogen fuel from sunlight and water. Connecting together solar cells made with a mineral called perovskite and the team’s low cost electrodes achieves a 12.3 percent conversion efficiency from solar energy to hydrogen. The profusion of tiny bubbles […]
Sep
25
Sandia National Labs Z Machine Closer to Breakeven
September 25, 2014 | 5 Comments
Sandia’s scientists report that working with two magnetic fields and a laser, all at low points of their power outputs, the Z machine has released neutrons in an amount surprisingly close to ‘break-even’ fusion. The new result comes from using a method fully functioning for only little more than a year. The experimental work is […]
Sep
24
Human Microbes May Help Make Biofuel
September 24, 2014 | Leave a Comment
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UI) scientists report some of the best microbial candidates to make biofuel actually may reside in the human lower intestine. Researchers have looked far and wide for microbes that break down hemicellulose focusing over the past years on termite gut microbes because they breakdown wood tissues effectively and cow stomach […]
Sep
23
A Solution for Solar Cell Power Conversion Efficiency
September 23, 2014 | Leave a Comment
University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) scientists have developed a more efficient, easily processed and lightweight solar cell that can use virtually any metal for the electrode, effectively breaking the “electrode barrier.” Polymer scientists and synthetic chemists have been working for decades to improve the power conversion efficiency of organic solar cells. The effort has been […]
Sep
18
Nuclear Power For Your Car
September 18, 2014 | 1 Comment
University of Missouri-Columbia (MU) researchers have created a long-lasting and more efficient nuclear battery. Its built from a radioactive isotope called strontium 90 that boosts electrochemcial energy in a water-based solution with a nanostructured titanium dioxide electrode with a platinum coating collecting and effectively converting energy into electrons. The idea has many high power applications […]
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