The intermittent nature of renewable wind and solar energy arising from fluctuations in weather conditions requires the development of efficient and cost-effective large-scale energy-storage systems to create a steady supply of electrical energy for most applications.
Supramolecules based on the flat-on P3HT chains and grafted rGO nanosheets in the P3HT:PCBM active layers have shown improved performance as photovoltaic devices.
What it will take to stabilize global temperature below 2°C above pre-industrial levels? A new review article by Adrien Vogt-Schilb and Stephane Hallegatte discusses two potential solutions.
This years’ EUROMAT2017 conference took place in Thessaloniki, Greece, 17-22 September.
Of interest to the field of CO2 utilization is the adaptation of the above described energy storage system into one capable of fixing CO2 into a useful product, in this particular case carbon.
Is the electrification of the global fleet of automobiles and trucks truly a panacea for curbing greenhouse gas emissions, stabilizing global warming and ameliorating climate change or, rather, is it merely a way of shifting the problem from conventional internal combustion to electric vehicles?
To address climate change, we need to reduce net anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to zero as soon as possible; that is, hopefully by 2050 or so.
This month’s Advanced Engineering Materials covers and top papers.
A novel synthetic strategy for introducing anion vacancies into semiconductors.
What is human well-being – and why does it matter for climate change mitigation?
Quantum entanglement visualized for the first time ever
Springer Nature staff to take unprecedented strike action
Tiny robots with a big impact: Scientists develop microrobots for single-cell handling
An anti-inflammatory peptide may hold the key to low-back pain relief
Explaining the “universe breaker” galaxies discovered by the James Webb Telescope
Could a nuclear explosion set Earth’s atmosphere on fire?
Gliese 12 b: An exo-Venus with Earth-like temperatures
How the brain protects itself from the negative effects of CBD
New study reveals surprising impact of screen time on the developing brain
Contact lenses bring 3D holograms to life for augmented reality