Solar water splitting: Putting an extra ‘eye’ on surface reactions that store sunlight as fuel
Water-splitting cells absorb sunlight and produce fuel. Creating such cells means pairing a material to absorb sunlight and generate electrons…
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Physicists come up with a way to make cleaner fuel cells
An international group of scientists has developed ion-exchange synthetic membranes based on amphiphilic compounds that are able to convert the…
NJ governor deals setback to Fishermen’s offshore pilot
Governor Chris Christie exercised a "pocket veto" to effectively kill Senate Bill 2711 which would have required the New Jersey…
New interactive map compares carbon footprints of San Francisco Bay area neighborhoods
The Paris climate summit ended last year with landmark national commitments for greenhouse gas reductions, but much of the hard…
Green storage for green energy
Researchers have demonstrated a safe and affordable battery capable of storing energy from intermittent sources -- like rooftop solar panels…
Silver: The promising electrode winner for low-cost perovskite solar cells
Researchers have identified a contributing factor to short lifetime in perovskite solar cells with silver electrodes. Currently, the most common…
Exceptionally strong and lightweight new metal
A team led by researchers has created a super-strong yet light structural metal with extremely high specific strength and modulus,…