Mar
22
New Method Converts Waste Plastic To Fuel
March 22, 2023 | Leave a Comment
Open Image…Save ImageOpen Image (using #TmpD/ia)… Pacific Northwest National Laboratory announced a new method to convert waste plastic to fuel and raw materials that promises to help close the carbon cycle at mild temperature and with high yield. There’s a lot of potentially useful raw materials bound up in used face masks, grocery bags and food wrap. But it has […]
Mar
21
LED Research Finds A Way To Improve Operating Efficiency
March 21, 2023 | Leave a Comment
Open Image…Save ImageOpen Image (using #TmpD/ia)… Osaka Metropolitan University scientists succeeded in directly observing how LECs change their electronic state. Light Emitting electrochemical Cells are attracting attention as one of the post-organic LEDs. LEC observation shows they change their electronic state over time during field emission. OMU scientists found the result by measuring their optical absorption via lamp light […]
Mar
16
Magnesium Safer Cheaper Closer To Replacing Lithium
March 16, 2023 | Leave a Comment
Tokyo University of Science is researching magnesium as a promising candidate for an energy carrier in next-generation batteries. For now the cycling performance and capacity of magnesium batteries need to improve if they are to replace lithium-ion batteries. The TUS research team focused on a novel cathode material with a spinel structure. Following extensive characterization […]
Mar
15
Helping Switchgrass Reach Its Low Cost Biofuel Potential
March 15, 2023 | Leave a Comment
Michigan State University researchers have solved a puzzle that could help switchgrass realize its full potential as a low-cost, sustainable biofuel crop and divert some of our dependence on fossil fuels. The new knowledge has been published in the journal Frontiers in Plant Science. Among switchgrass’s attractive features are that it’s perennial, low maintenance and […]
Mar
14
There’s A Fly In Hydrogen Fuel Idea That Makes Methane
March 14, 2023 | Leave a Comment
Open Image…Save ImageOpen Image (using #TmpD/ia)… Often heralded as the clean fuel of the future, new hydrogen research suggests that a leaky hydrogen infrastructure could end up increasing atmospheric methane levels. Hydrogen’s potential as a clean fuel could be limited by a chemical reaction in the lower atmosphere, which would cause decades-long climate consequences. The research from Princeton University and […]