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Study Results Reveal Potassium can Work with Graphite in Potassium-Ion Battery

The well-established scientific belief that potassium is incompatible with graphite for use in potassium-ion batteries has been disproved. This could pave the way for a sustainable replacement of lithium-ion batteries.

7 Oct 2015

Linkam THMS600 Used in the Characterisation of Novel Electrolytes for More Efficient and Less Volatile Fuel Cells at KU Leuven.

Market leaders in temperature controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments report on the use of their temperature controlled stages in the study of the novel electrolytes that can be used in fuel cells. This work was carried out at the Katholic University of Leuven in Belgium.

From Linkam Scientific Instruments 30 Sep 2015

Study Results Pave Way for CIGS Solar Cells with Improved Conversion Efficiency

The structure of a zinc-based buffer layer in a copper-indium-gallium-selenide (CIGS) solar cell has been determined. Knowing the buffer layer's structure has allowed the research team to identify a method of increasing solar cell efficiency.

29 Sep 2015

Innovative Process Developed to Convert Scrap Tires into Carbon Powders for Batteries

A process has been developed to produce supercapacitors from old tires. Material from the tires is converted into flexible polymer carbon composite films that can be used as electrodes in supercapacitors.

29 Sep 2015

Transparent Silica Overlay Enhances Solar Cell Efficiency by Cooling

Stanford researchers have created a thin, transparent, patterned silica overlay capable of raising efficiency levels of solar cells by cooling them even when they are exposed to full sunlight.

22 Sep 2015

IMechE Welcomes UK Government Decision to Guarantee Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power Plant

Dr Jenifer Baxter, Head of Energy and Environment, at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, said in response to the UK Government decision to guarantee the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant:

22 Sep 2015

Physicists Succeed in Identifying Origin of Spin Seebeck Effect

A team of German and American physicists from the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), the University of Kaiserslautern, the University of Konstanz, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), have been able to trace the origin of the Spin Seebeck effect (SSE).

8 Sep 2015

Solid-State Battery Electrolyte for Safer and Longer-Lasting Device Usage

A team of researchers from MIT and Samsung, along with others from California and Maryland, have developed a solid electrolyte which could vastly improve battery lifetime and safety.

18 Aug 2015

Using Infrared Region of Sun’s Spectrum for More Efficient Solar Cells

Researchers from University of California, Riverside have discovered a novel method to enhance the efficiency of solar energy conversion by integrating inorganic semiconductor nanocrystals with organic molecules and managing to “upconvert” photons in the visible and near-infrared regions of the solar spectrum.

28 Jul 2015

New Arrangement of Polymers and Fullerenes Enhances Solar Panel Efficiency

Researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have tested a new material design that enhances the ability of inexpensive solar panels to collect solar energy and release it in the form of electricity.

13 Jul 2015

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