Sustainable energy – Page 14
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Research
A year of water splitting from one device
Coating protects electrodes from corrosion to keep photoelectrochemical cell running
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Research
Driving towards success with biomass-derived petrol
Renewable feedstock converted into high octane gasoline
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Podcast
Chemistry World podcast - November 2014
We speak to Eric Betzig about his Nobel prize-winning research, and find out how thermoelectric materials can be made more efficient
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Research
A new way to convert light to electricity
Discovery could lead to novel photovoltaics made from just metals
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Feature
Harvesting heat
Philip Ball looks at the thermoelectric materials that harness waste heat and turn it into useful energy
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News
Nuclear chief heads back to academia
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s chairman resigns, saying she has achieved her mission of ‘righting the ship’
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Careers
Nuclear energy's next generation
Sarah Houlton meets the graduates training for careers in the nuclear industry
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News
World’s first carbon capture coal plant opens
A $1.4 billion retrofit of a Canadian power station will mean 1 million tonnes of carbon dioxide is captured per year
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Research
Sawdust cellulose offers alkane pipeline
Biomass alkanes could fit into existing crude oil feedstock infrastructure
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News
Los Alamos lab’s safety lapses faulted for radioactive leak
Audit finds lab’s poor safety likely to be at blame for a transuranic waste leak that closed US’s only permanent nuclear waste repository
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Research
Poplar biofuel has potential to offer substantial environmental savings
New study seeks to alleviate controversies regarding the global adoption of bioethanol
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Research
Flexible solar cell woven into fabric
Solar cell textiles could one day power wearable electronics
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Research
First ionic liquid made from plant waste
Closed loop recycling could see ionic liquids made from biofuel by-products used to make more biofuel
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Feature
The power of perovskites
Andy Extance finds out how the efficiency of perovskite solar cells has risen so quickly
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Research
Spray-deposition steers perovskite solar cells towards commercialisation
Scientists make headway on scalability hurdles
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Opinion
The energy to fight injustice
Giving the world carbon-free energy means putting nuclear energy back on the agenda, says James Hansen