Sustainable energy – Page 4
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Research
Organometallic boost pushes perovskite solar cells to record efficiency, stability
Device survives 1000 hours of solar illumination with minimal power loss bringing commercialisation of cheaper cells closer
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Business
Breaking efficiency records with tandem solar cells
Oxford PV layers perovskite over silicon to capture a wider wavelength range
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News
Climate must come first as Europe reduces reliance on Russian fuels
Experts warn that UK and EU proposals don’t do enough to protect the environment
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News
Russian troops depart Chernobyl following disappearance of nuclear material
Chernobyl employees say that soldiers were unaware of the 1986 disaster and entered highly radioactive areas without protection
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Research
Solar cells kept clean of dust and dirt with electrostatic wipe down
Electrode adaptation repels dust and could save billions of litres of water and millions in maintenance costs
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News
Russian actions around Europe’s largest nuclear power plant flirt with catastrophe
An incident at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya plant could have disastrous consequences, nuclear safety expert warns
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News
Fears for Ukraine’s nuclear facilities follow Russian troops taking charge of Chernobyl site
Military movement kicking up radioactive dust in the exclusion zone and missiles barely missing nuclear waste sites worry nuclear energy community
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Research
Phosphorene nanoribbons find their first use in a solar cell just 3 years after discovery
Experiments match theoretical predictions and show great promise for further uses in electronics
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Research
Painstakingly curated perovskite database of over 40,000 devices set to speed up solar research
Gargantuan task of manually curating huge open-access platform could pay dividends by accelerating the discovery of new photoactive materials
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Feature
The labs pointing to a greener future for Africa
Tackling climate is not just a job for scientists in more developed countries. Munyaradzi Makoni talks to researchers in Kenya and South Africa to find out more
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Opinion
A clouded view of industry emissions
Standards and auditing are sorely needed if emissions targets are to be upheld
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News
Biogas reactor offers a route to decentralising ‘green’ hydrogen production
Chemical looping process produces ultra-pure hydrogen from methane
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Feature
How ammonia could decarbonise shipping
Andy Extance discovers why the compound best known as a fertiliser is a surprising candidate to power enormous container ships
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Research
Burning metal to make clean energy
An unlikely sounding technology that is greener than you might think
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News
Bioenergy emissions scrutinised as UK plans to grow sector
Questions raised on carbon neutrality vs climate neutrality
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News
Net zero strategy sets sights on slashing UK industry’s emissions by 2035
Carbon capture and storage, nuclear and hydrogen will all play a part in making industry greener
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Research
Electrochemistry reduces waste burden of irradiated nuclear graphite
Radioactive contaminants removed from moderator material using electrolysis in high-temperature molten salt media
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Research
System combines salt and sunlight for off-grid cooling
Dissolution cooling and solute regeneration work together in renewable-energy driven process
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Business
India pushes renewables and green hydrogen
Prime minister Modi wants country to be energy independent by 2047 and become a global hydrogen hub