A new frontier in clean energy may be on the horizon with nanoscale generators that capture electricity from molecules.
Energy
The key to safer fusion? New designs that curb runaway electrons
Harnessing Alfvén waves, scientists take a step closer to clean and abundant energy by learning how to tame runaway electrons in fusion reactors.
The successful transition to renewables needs a revolution in materials research
Autonomous materials laboratories and the research communities that build them will be crucial to achieving our climate goals.
Bringing aqueous rechargeable zinc iodine batteries to the mainstream energy market
New research aims to improve the stability and safety of alternatives to rechargeable lithium-ion batteries using aqueous zinc and hydrogels.
What will it take to make sodium and potassium batteries viable alternatives to lithium?
Scientists explore the challenges facing alternatives to lithium-ion batteries and suggests a roadmap to overcome these obstacles.
Boosting lateral solar cells
A new design approach and specialized organic material helps improve the efficiency of lateral solar cells, turning energy generation on its side.
Recycling “old” materials in pursuit of new energy solutions
Two well-known, abundant, and low-cost materials are finding new life in grid-scale energy storage and sustainable water splitting technologies.
One step closer to sustainable fuels with a low-cost, solar-driven photoreactor
An innovative photoreactor concept achieves commercially viable performance indicators for a broad variety of solar-driven reactions.
Tough but stretchable material could improve rechargeable lithium batteries
A tough gel electrolyte protects lithium metal anodes for safer and more efficient rechargeable batteries.
A man-made cloud: Device generates electricity from thin air
A device that generates electricity using moisture in the air could be the future of sustainable power generation.
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