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A Better Lithium Battery With a Little Hydrogen
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists have found that lithium ion batteries operate longer and faster when their electrodes are treated with hydrogen. Through experiments and...
View ArticleAccidental Bubble Discovery Promises Safer Hydrogen Storage
A New Mexico State University (NMSU) surprise discovery of a biopolymer that was capturing and storing hydrogen may speed the transformation to hydrogen as a major fuel source in the future. They call...
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Hydrogen Production From Bacteria Discovered
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) scientists have discovered that Cyanothece 51142, a type of bacteria also called blue-green algae, draws on a second source of energy, using sunlight and...
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A Step Closer to Ultra Low Power Valleytronics Devices
University of Tokyo researchers have demonstrated an electrically-controllable valley current device that may pave the way to ultra-low-power “valleytronics” devices. Professor Seigo Tarucha’s...
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Fool’s Gold Battery Chemistry Challenges Lithium Ion
Researchers from Empa and ETH Zurich have discovered an alternative to the lithium ion battery chemistry with the “fool’s gold battery”. They believe the prime potential lies in giant storage...
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On The Path to Longer Lasting Lithium Ion Batteries
Scientists from the Department of Technical Electrochemistry and the Research Neutron Source FRM II at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have come a step closer to identifying the causes of...
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Burn Natural Gas Without Any Making Any CO2
Researchers at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) in Potsdam and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) are demonstrating a process called ‘methane cracking’. This reaction...
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A New Idea – Algae Energizes a Power Cell
A team led by Concordia University engineering professor Muthukumaran Packirisamy describe their new invention as a power cell that harnesses electrical energy from the photosynthesis and respiration...
View ArticleFinlanders Launch a Commercial Fuel Cell Project
The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd is developing a new-generation, long-life fuel cell system offering efficiency higher than that of competing technologies. Working with Convion Ltd and...
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New Thermoelectric Material Doped For High Productivity
Northwestern University researchers are reporting that doping tin selenide with sodium boosts its performance as a thermoelectric material. The newly devised material produces a significantly greater...
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French Package a Sodium Battery to Replace Lithium
A French team has announced a design and chemistry alternative technology to Lithium-ion for application in specific sectors. The researchers have developed the first battery using sodium ions in the...
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Making Carbon Harder Than Diamonds at Room Temperature
North Carolina State University scientists have discovered a new phase of solid carbon, called Q-carbon, which is distinct from the known phases of graphite and the hardest substance of all, diamond....
View ArticleHow America Can Shift From Fossil Fuel to Renewable Energy
Mark Jacobson, a Stanford professor of civil and environmental engineering, and his colleague, Mark Delucchi of the University of California, Berkeley, have produced a series of plans, based on huge...
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Snowstorm a New Personal Flying Machine
A team of eight engineering students from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have successfully built Singapore’s first personal flying machine, named Snowstorm. Comprising an intricate design...
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Better Way to Make Beer and Biofuel
University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists have come up with a new method for making interspecies yeast hybrids in the lab. The makers of beer, wine, biofuels and other products that depend on yeasts...
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A New Way to Make Better Diesel Fuel
Researchers from KU Leuven and Utrecht University have discovered a new approach to the production of diesel fuel. The new method would be used to […] Read more... © Ageekk
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Progress On The Hunt Converting CO2 Back To Fuel
A team of chemical engineers at the University of Pittsburgh has identified the two main factors for determining the optimal catalyst for turning atmospheric carbon […] Read more... © Ageekk
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Metal Powders For Fuel Instead of Petrochemicals
McGill University researchers propose in their new study to use metal powders, produced using clean primary energy sources, to provide a more viable long-term replacement […] Read more... © Ageekk
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New Flow Battery To Cost 60 Percent Less
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have announced a new organic aqueous flow battery, which uses inexpensive and readily available materials. Energy storage system owners could see […] Read...
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Solid State Lithium Ion Battery Research Shows Progress
Solid-state electrolytes designed for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are emerging as a safer alternative to their more prevalent and sometimes flammable liquid-electrolyte counterparts. The problem in...
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