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US Researchers Have Accidentally Converted CO2 Into Fuel – Directly Producing...
Agcat – Oak Ridge National Laboratory US Researchers Have Accidentally Converted CO2 Into Fuel – Directly Producing Ethanol. “Nano-spike catalysts convert carbon dioxide directly into ethanol” The...
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There’s A New Way To 3D Print Graphene, The Strongest Material On Earth
Agcat – With its incredible strength and potentially miraculous applications, there is a lot to be enthusiastic about when it comes to graphene. But it’s one thing to show off these possibilities in a...
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Researchers Design Nano Tubes That Can Align Water Molecules Into A Square...
Agcat – Researchers Design Nano Tubes That Can Align Water Molecules Into A Square Rod. Water Freezes At Any Temperature. First, according to Rice University engineers, get a nano tube hole. Then...
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Tesla’s Semi Truck Is Traveling Cross-Country ‘Alone’–“Using Existing...
Agcat – Tesla’s Semi Truck Is Traveling Cross-Country ‘Alone’ – Using Existing Supercharger Network & An Extension Cord. Tesla’s Semi truck has already made some city-to-city trips, but how does...
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Lithium-Oxygen Batteries Are Getting An Energy Boost
Agcat – Lithium-Oxygen Batteries Are Getting An Energy Boost. A new design could pack more energy and last longer than others of its kind. Lithium-oxygen batteries, which are more energy-dense and...
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Scientists Create Battery That Refuels Electric Cars In Seconds
Agcat – Scientists Create Battery That Refuels Electric Cars In Seconds. A team at the University of Glasgow has created a prototype system that could revolutionize travel. The technology uses a...
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Dual-Layer Solar Cell Sets Record For Efficiently Generating Power
Agcat – Dual-Layer Solar Cell Sets Record For Efficiently Generating Power. Materials scientists from the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have developed a highly efficient thin-film solar cell that...
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Battery Breakthrough? Battery Ultra-Capacitor Breakthrough Hybrid – Was...
Agcat – Battery Breakthrough? Ultra Capacitor Breakthrough. A secretive Texas startup developing what some are calling a “game changing” energy-storage technology broke its silence this week. It...
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A Solar-Paneled German Car Aims To Make Your Daily Commute Free
Agcat – A car that runs on sunshine is in the works from German startup Sono Motors. The company is testing what it says will be the first affordable electric car with a battery that gets an added...
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The Biggest Battery Manufacturer You’ve Never Heard Of
Agcat – The Biggest Battery Manufacturer You’ve Never Heard Of. BYD stands for Build Your Dreams and is an established Chinese manufacturer who make more Lithium batteries than any other in the world....
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Renewable Energy Sources: All-In-One Light-Driven Water Splitting
Agcat – Renewable Energy Sources: All-In-One Light-Driven Water Splitting. Solar-powered water splitting is a promising means of generating clean and storable energy. A novel catalyst based on...
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TENG (triboelectric nanogenerator) step-by-step guide published
…will help researchers all over the world… design optimised energy harvesting units for custom applications… Excerpts from Electronic Product Design & Test: A triboelectric nanogenerators (TENG) is...
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New Battery Gobbles Up Carbon Dioxide
Agcat- A new type of battery developed by researchers at MIT could be made partly from carbon dioxide captured from power plants. Rather than attempting to convert carbon dioxide to specialized...
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Eco-Friendly Nano Particles For Artificial Photosynthesis
Agcat – Eco-Friendly Nano Particles For Artificial Photosynthesis. Researchers at the University of Zurich have developed a nanoparticle type for novel use in artificial photosynthesis by adding zinc...
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Discovery Of New Superconducting Materials Using Materials Informatics
Agcat – Discovery Of New Superconducting Materials Using Materials Informatics. A NIMS-Ehime University joint research team succeeded in discovering new materials that exhibit superconductivity under...
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How To Commercialize Solid-State Batteries Without Going Bankrupt
Agcat – How To Commercialize Solid-State Batteries Without Going Bankrupt. Solid Power has stacked strategic partners, rather than VC dollars, to position itself for sustainable growth.. A decade...
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Israeli Scientists Find Chemical Process That Could Lead To Hydrogen Fueled Cars
Agcat – Israeli Scientists Find Chemical Process That Could Lead To Hydrogen Fueled Cars. A team of Israeli researchers says it has taken an important step toward the creation of environmentally...
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Scientists Are Trying To Bottle Solar Energy And Turn It Into Liquid Fuel
Agcat – NBC NEWS — Scientists Are Trying To Bottle Solar Energy And Turn It Into Liquid Fuel. What if we could bottle solar energy so it could be used to power our homes and factories even when the...
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PET aerogel as a way of recycling bottles.
This one from our reader John, as it struck him as something worth publicising. The original story is here, and I’m thus going to take a few bits from their text and direct you to read the original if...
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BASF Bets On New Recipe For Electric Car Batteries To Grab Growing Market
Agcat – German chemicals giant BASF is betting on a new recipe for electric car batteries which stretches the time between charges while cutting dependence on nickel to help shave costs and grab more...
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