Sustainable energy – Page 12
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OpinionDon't bet against Elon Musk's electric car revolution
Tesla’s Gigafactory is set to be a milestone for electric vehicles
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Business
Total to buy Saft for battery boost
€950m deal pushes French oil giant deeper into renewables
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PodcastCadmium telluride
It may not be the best material for solar cells but it has some distinct advantages
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BusinessPumping up industrial wasted heat
Company profile: Qpinch reclaims wasted energy by mimicking nature
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ResearchGoodbye borazine, hello hydrogen
New catalyst unleashes more hydrogen for ammonia borane-powered fuel cells
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PodcastUranium dioxide
This week’s compound has had a glowing career in the arts and a runaway success in the energy sector
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NewsTomato waste turned into electricity
US researchers are generating electricity with a microbial electrochemical cell that runs off discarded food
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ResearchLightest ever solar cell sits on the surface of a bubble
All-in-one fabrication process allows ultrathin solar cells to be built
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FeatureThe white stuff
With potential health concerns raised over nanosize forms of TiO2, Emma Davies explores the ubiquitous white pigment’s past, present and future
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ResearchBurn to boost silver salvage from solar cells
Improved sterling recovery cuts environmental impact of solar cell recycling
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ResearchSolar cells firing on all cylinders
Cylindrical solar cells have better efficiencies throughout the day, independent of the angle of the sun
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ResearchDip coating to solve perovskite moisture sensitivity
Replacing ions in surface layer may help promising solar cells to maintain moisture stability
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ResearchStable caesium-doped perovskites boost silicon solar cells
Caesium may help to eliminate problem of halide segregation in perovskites
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NewsLights out for UK’s oldest nuclear power plant
Full decommissioning process of Wylfa site will take up to 90 years
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ResearchGraphene sieves deuterium from hydrogen
Atom-thick materials could make heavy water production 10 times cheaper than conventional technologies
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ResearchChallenging efficiency records of solar hydrogen production
Lack of standardised techniques indicates we are basing our future on inaccurate numbers
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ResearchCutting edge chemistry in 2015
We take a look back at the year’s most interesting chemical science stories