ENERGY TECH - NANO DAILY

Dec 22, 2016 (SPX)

Fuel cells convert chemical energy of fuels such as hydrogen into electricity. The technology is highly efficient and quite clean - with water as its only exhau...

Scientists boost catalytic activity for key chemical reaction in fuel cells

Dec 21, 2016 (SPX)

Fuel cells are a promising technology for clean and efficient electrical power generation, but their cost, activity, and durability are key challenges to commer...

Scientists turn to AI to create safer lithium-ion batteries

Dec 20, 2016 (SPX)

Scientists have spent decades searching for a safe alternative to the flammable liquid electrolytes used in lithium-ion batteries. Now Stanford University resea...

Lower cost of LEDs reduce profitability for manufacturing landscape

Dec 20, 2016 (SPX)

Although residential and commercial industries are widely adopting energy-efficient light emitting diodes (LEDs), the drop in LED prices is driving away manufac...

Alternative fuel cell technology reduces cost

Dec 14, 2016 (SPX)

The pathway to zero-emission vehicles has taken two forks, one toward battery electric cars like the Tesla and the other toward fuel-cell-powered automobiles li...

Battery research reaching out to higher voltages

Dec 14, 2016 (SPX)

For years, small rechargeable lithium-ion batteries have reliably supplied billions of portable devices with energy. But manufacturers of high-energy applicatio...

Scientists track chemical and structural evolution of catalytic nanoparticles in 3-D

Dec 13, 2016 (SPX)

Catalysts are at the heart of fuel cells-devices that convert hydrogen and oxygen to water and enough electricity to power vehicles for hundreds of miles. But f...

Researchers peer into atom-sized tunnels in hunt for better battery

Dec 13, 2016 (SPX)

Battery researchers seeking improved electrode materials have focused on "tunneled" structures that make it easier for charge-carrying ions to move in and out o...

Finger swipe-powered phone? We're 1 step closer

Dec 13, 2016 (SPX)

The day of charging cellphones with finger swipes and powering Bluetooth headsets simply by walking is now much closer. Michigan State University engineering re...

Could a seawater battery help end our dependence on lithium?

Dec 13, 2016 (SPX)

With the ubiquity of lithium-ion batteries in smartphones and other rechargeable devices, it's hard to imagine replacing them. But the rising price of lithium h...

Engineers build refrigerator powered by sound waves

Dec 12, 2016 (UPI)

Scientists in Japan have engineered a refrigerator powered by sound waves. The technology isn't new, but the research team's version of the thermoacoustic engin...

Energy innovation is focus of Gates-led $1 billion fund

Dec 12, 2016 (AFP)

Bill Gates is leading a coalition of powerful investors committing more than one billion dollars to clean energy innovations in the fight against climate change...

Clarifying the behaviors of negative hydrogen ions

Dec 12, 2016 (SPX)

The Neutral Beam Injection (NBI) is a method for increasing the plasma temperature and driving currents in magnetically-confined fusion plasmas by injecting neu...

The promise of greener power generation

Dec 07, 2016 (SPX)

Modeling the combustion of fossil fuels by KAUST researchers has helped to characterize some of the components of methane, laying the foundations for greener po...

Delivering a power punch

Dec 06, 2016 (SPX)

Energy storage units that can be integrated into wearable and flexible electronic systems are becoming increasingly important in today's world. A research team ...

New process produces hydrogen at much lower temperature

Dec 02, 2016 (SPX)

Waseda University researchers have developed a new method for producing hydrogen, which is fast, irreversible, and takes place at much lower temperature using l...

Efficient catalysts key to turning water into fuel

Dec 02, 2016 (SPX)

While it is already scientifically possible to split water in this way, highly efficient catalysts like this are the key to moving the system to one that is eco...

NASA Research Helps Take Silver-Zinc Batteries from Idea to the Shelf

Dec 02, 2016 (SPX)

We often imagine that inventions are born whole: a eureka moment that changes history. But that's rarely how it happens. One technology that exemplifies the lon...

FSU professor designs new material to better store hydrogen fuel

Dec 02, 2016 (SPX)

A Florida State University researcher has designed new materials that could be used to store hydrogen fuel more efficiently in vehicles or other devices that us...

Quantum obstacle course changes material from superconductor to insulator

Dec 02, 2016 (SPX)

Researchers from Brown University have demonstrated an unusual method of putting the brakes on superconductivity, the ability of a material to conduct an electr...