Sustainable energy – Page 8
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ResearchThe luck of the materials scientist
Studying the structure of disordered materials is complicated, but Simon Billinge explains how it opens the door to designer materials with desired properties
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NewsEurope to invest €100 million to boost bioeconomy
New strategy aims to improves sustainability and add 1 million jobs over 20 years
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ResearchPollutant particles prevent solar cells from reaching full potential
Study correlates particulate matter concentrations with loss of photovoltaic potential
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NewsBacterial fuel cell looks good on paper
Electron-generating microbes could provide the ideal power source for flexible, recyclable, paper-based electronics
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FeatureHydrogen: still the fuel of the future?
Is the dream of a hydrogen-fuelled future still a pipe dream, or is it in the pipeline? Angeli Mehta investigates
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NewsAustria’s bid to sue EU over UK nuclear plant fails
Judge rejects Austria’s legal challenge of UK state aid for planned nuclear power station
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ResearchMapping the mysteries of pervoskite solar cell hysteresis
Caught on camera: interfacial stabilisation observed causing hysteresis means mobile ion migration is off the hook
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ResearchCarb-loaded enzyme cocktail generates hydrogen
Space-saving alternative to solar water splitting
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ResearchTransition metal catalyst helps produce sustainable hydrogen from urea
Wastewater purification combines with fuel generation
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ResearchFuelling the hydrogen economy with straw and old newspapers
A new catalytic process converts non-food biomass into extremely pure hydrogen, ready for use in fuel cells
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ResearchArtificial photosynthesis harnesses forgotten half of sunlight’s energy
Intermediate band semiconductor enables infrared radiation to drive a carbon dioxide splitting reaction
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Careers'My co-author is based in North Korea'
The challenges of working with scientists in the world’s most secretive state
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FeatureOak Ridge at 75
As Oak Ridge National Laboratory celebrates its 75th anniversary, Kit Chapman visits the birthplace of the atomic age
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OpinionHow perovskites can live long and prosper
The future of solar cells depends on better stability testing
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BusinessOutline for Europe’s first waste to methanol plant
Enerkem teams up with AkzoNobel and Air Liquide to turn rubbish into raw materials
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NewsInvestigation blames Russian facility for last year’s ruthenium isotope leak
Russian government denies that the release is the result of an accident during refinement of fission products
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FeatureRenewable energy in China
Huge investments and cutting-edge research are helping China to pioneer innovations in clean energy technologies, reports Mark Peplow
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2017 in review - Atoms, bonding, materials and synthesis
2017 in review – Atoms, bonding, materials and synthesis
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ResearchIonic liquids yield ammonia under ambient conditions
Electro-reduction technique could spearhead an ammonia economy