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Cheaper solar cells with 20.2% efficiency
EPFL scientists have developed a solar-panel material that can cut down on photovoltaic costs while achieving competitive...
Jan 19, 20162 min read


This Heat-Responsive Coating Could Keep Lithium-Ion Batteries From Catching Fire
Stanford researchers have invented a lithium-ion battery that turns on and off depending on the temperature. The new technology could...
Jan 12, 20163 min read


Toward Liquid Fuels from Carbon Dioxide
Through photosynthesis, plants convert sunlight, water, and CO2 into sugars, multicarbon molecules that fuel cellular processes. CO2 is...
Dec 22, 20153 min read


Shining A Light On Water-Splitting Reactions
Eric Isaacs, a Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE CSGF) recipient, probes how metal nanoparticles...
Dec 17, 20157 min read


MIT chemists characterize a chemical state thought to be unobservable
For the first time, MIT chemists have measured the energy of the transition state of a chemical reaction — a fleeting, unstable state...
Dec 11, 20153 min read


Nanostructured germanium for portable photovoltaics and battery electrodes
New approaches for hybrid solar cells Using a new procedure researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Ludwig...
Dec 7, 20153 min read
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