Jul
19
Brilliant Light Power Looks Ready For Commercial Scaling
July 19, 2016 | 5 Comments
Brilliant Light Power, which we knew as Blacklight Power has developed the firm’s hydrino technology up to public demonstrations with measured and third party oversight. The known oversights include both academic and industrial representatives and now including major finance people. Dr. Randell Mills is on a roll. The firm’s website has a useful press release […]
Jul
14
Building Tiny Powerful Solar Cells
July 14, 2016 | Leave a Comment
Kennesaw State University has a humming laboratory building tiny solar cells – as researchers strive to develop better photovoltaic technologies. Sandip Das, assistant professor of electrical engineering in the Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, along with a team of three undergraduate research assistants, has recently fabricated the delicate solar cells, which are […]
Jul
13
Making Fuel From CO2 and Water With Solar Heat
July 13, 2016 | Leave a Comment
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) and the ETH Zurich have collaborated to develop a ground-breaking process for making solar fuel. The new procedure uses the sun’s thermal energy to convert carbon dioxide and water directly into synthetic fuel. The team has unveiled a chemical process that uses the sun’s thermal energy to convert […]
Jul
12
Micro Paper Fuel Cell Runs Continuously
July 12, 2016 | Leave a Comment
Iowa State University researchers have demonstrated a proof-of-concept three-dimensional paper-based microbial fuel cell (MFC) that could take advantage of capillary action to guide the liquids through the MFC system and eliminate the need of external power. The research team’s study paper has been published in the current issue of the journal TECHNOLOGY. The paper-based MFC […]
Jul
7
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory scientists have discovered a possible secret to dramatically boosting the efficiency of perovskite solar cells hidden in the nanoscale peaks and valleys of the crystalline material. Solar cells made from compounds that have the crystal structure of the mineral perovskite have peaked scientists’ curiosity. They’re inexpensive and easy to fabricate, like […]