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Opening new paths for energy scavenging 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Scientists have now discovered a way of suppressing thermal conductivity in sodium cobaltate, opening new paths for energy scavenging.
Energy Department releases updated eGallon prices 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz has highlighted the continued growth of electric vehicle sales - doubling in the first 6 months of 2013 compared to the same period in 2012 - as the Energy Departmen...
Improvement in the performance of plastic solar cells 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Scientists have spent decades trying to build flexible plastic solar cells efficient enough to compete with conventional cells made of silicon.
Important milestone for autonomous PowerBuoy 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. has announced the deployment off New Jersey of its innovative autonomous wave energy device, marking an important milestone in the roll-out of the Company's Autonomous P...
New capacitors to improve electric vehicles 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Scientists have developed a new lead-free, high temperature ceramic capacitor that could improve the efficiency and reliability of electric and hybrid vehicles.
Cobalt replacements make solar cells more sustainable 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Researchers have successfully replaced the rare element iodine in copper-based dye-sensitized solar cells by the more abundant element cobalt, taking a step forward in the development of environmental...
Battery design gets boost from aligned carbon nanotubes 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
The research shows the potential of manufactured sheets of aligned carbon nanotubes coated with silicon, a material with a much higher energy storage capacity than the graphite composites typically us...
Pigments used to prototype light-harvesting antennas 23 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
A ring of protein and pigments, half synthetic and half natural, can be used to quickly prototype light-harvesting antennas that absorb more sunlight than fully natural ones.
Like water for batteries 23 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Wettability could have an impact on how much energy can be stored within such devices that use lithium-ion batteries or super capacitors.
Imperceptible electronics that are lighter than a feather 23 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Researchers have succeeded in developing the world's lightest and, simultaneously, the world's thinnest mechanically flexible touch sensor system.
