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Solar cells perovskite films made at record low cost and speed
‘First industrially relevant attempt’ to scale up perovskite solar cell manufacturing makes 12 meters of material per minute, with one meter costing only $0.25
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New record efficiency for flexible perovskite solar cells
Porous planar electron transport layer boosts power conversion efficiency in flexible perovskite solar cells to 20.7%
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Can sustainable aviation fuels give us guilt-free flying?
Angeli Mehta finds out if we can make jet fuel sustainably – and cheaply
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World’s first graphene-enabled perovskite solar farm trial up and running
A test bed solar energy system using graphene–perovskite panels has delivered ‘very promising’ early results
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Business
Overcoming hydrogen hype
European strategies set up hydrogen’s potential contribution to lowering carbon emissions
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Photo-rechargeable zinc-ion devices merge solar cell and battery tech
A low cost and stable battery that can recharge itself in sunlight could help make energy more accessible in developing rural areas
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Dramatic job cuts at BP and Johnson Matthey
Coronavirus pandemic catalyses shift away from oil
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Sidestepping the efficiency limits of solar power with Cambridge Photon Technology
Optical layer with quantum dots and organic semiconductors could raise power output by up to 20%
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Mixing industrial byproducts offers greener thermal energy storage
A one-pot synthetic procedure turns lignin and fatty acid waste into a useful phase change material
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Hydrogel boosts power of self-cooling solar panels
Material that sucks water from air increases solar cells’ performance by up to 19%
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Amazing slow motion video catches hydrogen flames going fractal
The clean fuel can combust with potentially devastating beauty in narrow gaps when mixed with air
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Energy harvesting device runs on shadows
Study endorses shadows as an untapped source of renewable energy
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Laser-lit honeycomb polymer boosts bacterial bioelectricity
Technique delivers orders-of-magnitude increase in microbial fuel cell current
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Light-harvesting clusters and titanium dioxide cooperate to fix nitrogen
Atomically precise metal clusters continue to gather momentum by catalysing the production of ammonia
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Chernobyl’s intensely radioactive ‘elephant’s foot’ lava recreated in the lab
Mimic of the lava produced by a reactor meltdown is far safer to work with
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Can negative emission technologies overcome climate catastrophe?
Reforestation, carbon capture and storage, direct air capture are among the ‘Nets’ that could remove CO2 from the atmosphere
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Ocean motion turns carbon dioxide into renewable fuel
Bridge rectifiers and a supercapacitor help electrochemical system manage intermittent nature of wave energy
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Study questions benefits of spending on carbon capture
Previous models failed to consider upstream carbon emissions and air pollution
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Tiny holes turn silicon solar cells transparent
South Korean researchers hope their new design for silicon solar cells may one day replace windows
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Large, high-quality perovskite films for solar cells created at record speed
High speed deposition of perovskite films paves the way to commercialisation of promising solar technology