Energy, fuels and sustainable energy – Page 19
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Research
Carbon nanospheres power up potassium batteries
Improved synthesis of hollow carbon nanospheres sees them used in novel battery
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Research
Spaces can be useful
Truly functional MOFs are on the horizon but Susumu Kitagawa saw their potential when they were weak and idle
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Batteries reveal all after dip in hot butter
High resolution images aided by solidified fat could help design batteries that charge and discharge quicker
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Cheap water splitting catalyst takes on precious peers
Hardy cobalt-based polyoxometalate can handle water splitting’s acidic conditions to compete with the best costly catalysts
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Protonation enhances water splitting
Onset reduction potential of new electrocatalyst significantly outperforms theoretical Nernst value
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Feature
CO2 recycling – an uphill struggle
James Mitchell Crow explains how chemists are turning a problematic greenhouse gas into commercially useful molecules, at industrial scale
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News
Obama era clean power plan to be binned
US environment agency to end dalliance with country’s first limits on carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants
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Opinion
Should individual companies be blamed for climate change?
Argument ignores consumers’ responsibility driven by our energy demands
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Research
Corn-fed bioelectrorefinery harnesses excess electricity
Drop-in fuel production process clocks up sustainability points
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News
Russia urged to reduce uranium stockpile
International nuclear experts warn that nuclear threats posed by Russia’s 680 tons of highly enriched uranium must be minimised
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Business
AkzoNobel paint plant is ‘world’s most sustainable’
Biomass and solar-powered UK factory will recycle water and solvents, and is more flexible to reduce waste
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Research
Fresh water and electricity out of the blue
Hybrid system produces steam and electricity from saltwater
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Opinion
Is radiochemistry in danger of collapse?
Retirement and lack of political will is creating a shortfall in skilled scientists
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News
New claims that Exxon misled on climate change
Comparison of internal ExxonMobil documents with company’s advertorials finds marked discrepancy on firm’s position on climate
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Opinion
Recharging the UK's battery industry
The £246 million Faraday Challenge is welcome – but it’s not enough
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Research
‘Cyborg’ bacteria beat plants at their own game
Microbes harvest sunlight by coating themselves in cadmium sulfide nanoparticles
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Research
Non-metal catalyst reduces carbon dioxide to liquid fuels
Conductive polydopamine channels electrons far more selectively than metal catalysts
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Research
Molecular movie exposes perovskite solar cell’s inner workings
Electron camera may help uncover why perovskites are efficient light-harvesters
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News
Warnings that radiochemistry is dying
Critical nuclear know-how is dwindling as the younger generation avoid this vital field
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Opinion
Electric avenue
Western carmakers need to seize the initiative on cleaner vehicles or risk being left behind