Nanofibers Pulled From Captured Carbon, With A Green Hydrogen Bonus
Captured carbon can yield carbon nanofibers and green hydrogen, too, which could be a better solution than simply pushing it underground.
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Domestic Halloysite To Help Automakers With US Electric Vehicle Tax Credit
Electric vehicle makers in the US may struggle to qualify their customers for a federal tax credit under new rules set by the Inflation Reduction Act. Topping the list is a supply chain makeover focusing on domestic sources. That could mean a new market for halloysite, and if you don’t … [continued]
Scientists At NREL Develop New Synapse-Like Phototransistor
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have developed a breakthrough in energy-efficient phototransistors. Such devices could eventually help computers process visual information more like the human brain and be used as sensors in things like self-driving vehicles. The structures rely on a new type … [continued]
Recent LG Chem, CATL, & SK Innovation Battery News
Three of the top companies in EV battery world had some notable news at the end of April that never saw the light of day here on CleanTechnica. Let’s jump into them.
Remember Carbon Nanotubes? They’re Back, & They’re Sucking Moisture
The energy-water nexus could take an interesting turn if a new hydrogel doped with carbon nanotubes jumpstarts a solar cell efficiency revolution.
NREL Study Could Ramp Up Carbon Solar Cell Research
Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory have found proof that efficient solar cells could be made from low cost
Energy Storage Slam-Dunk: Graphene + Carbon Nanotubes + Li-ion EV Batteries
Researchers have created an energy storage film that can be embedded into electric vehicle body parts, potentially replacing Li-ion batteries.
Carbon Nanotube Solar Cells Get Boost — Efficiency Doubled, Up To Over 3%
Carbon nanotube solar cells have long been viewed as being a photovoltaic technology that possesses considerable potential for wide-scale commercial use — thanks to their very light, flexible, and relatively cheap nature. And now, thanks to new research from the McCormick School of Engineering, that potential is much closer to … [continued]
New Graphene + Carbon Nanotube Supercapacitor Rivals Lithium Battery
An international team of researchers has come up with a recipe for a microscale flexible energy storage device made of graphene and carbon nanotubes, which can store enough energy to rival the gold standard, lithium batteries. That’s significant because the device is actually not a battery, it is a supercapacitor … [continued]
Controlled Placement Of Carbon Nanotubes Creates Big Boost In Solar Cell Performance
Solar cells can receive a big boost to their performance via the use of specially designed nano-engineered carbon nanotubes networks, according to new research from Umeå University in Sweden. While it’s long been predicted that carbon nanotubes could aid in the boosting of solar cell performance, barriers to their effective … [continued]
