Using Formic Acid To Store Hydrogen
September 9th, 2019 | by Tina Casey
If all goes according to plan, formic acid energy storage could be the key to unlocking the sparkling green hydrogen economy of the future
Browsing the "Rice University" Tag
Turning Heat Into Light Could Make Solar Panels 80% Efficient, Rice Researchers Say
July 30th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Researchers at Rice University have created a device they say could boost the efficiency of solar panels to a staggering 80%. How did they do that?
Renewables, Energy Storage, & Managing The Utility Grid Of The Future
December 7th, 2018 | by Steve Hanley
The world of electrical energy is changing before our eyes. Some utility companies will go out of business while others will thrive.
Graphene Could Lower The Cost Of Renewable Hydrogen For FCEVs
October 23rd, 2015 | by Tina Casey
A new graphene enabled catalyst could lead to low cost, large scale hydrogen production for fuel cell electric vehicles and power-to-gas systems
The Inevitable Solar-Powered March Of The Hydrogen Fuel Cell
September 7th, 2015 | by Tina Casey
Hydrogen is slowly but surely shedding its bad boy image as research progresses on solar powered water-splitting for hydrogen fuel cells
More Good News For Fuel Cell EV Fans
April 17th, 2015 | by Tina Casey
Take heart, fuel cell electric vehicle early adopters! You can look forward to cheaper, greener hydrogen for your personal mobility needs
Black Or Yellow, There’s Gold In That Thar Wastewater
April 7th, 2015 | by Tina Casey
Yet another sustainability threefer for algae: producing algae biofuel from municipal wastewater, removing pollutants, and saving energy, too
Flakey New “Foam Party” Graphene Battery Breakthrough
December 10th, 2014 | by Tina Casey
Researchers at Rice University have whipped up a flexible foam-based, flakey graphene battery in the form of an inexpensive microsupercapacitor
Graphene Cousin “Flips” For Energy Storage Breakthrough
November 4th, 2014 | by Tina Casey
A research team from Rice University has achieved an energy storage breakthrough based on a new, relatively cheap and simple method for manufacturing Mo
Solar Energy News Buffet
July 26th, 2014 | by Zachary Shahan
As noted in an article yesterday, I’ve been very busy in the past month (well, months…) moving into a new home and [&hellip
Diamane — Extremely Thin Films Of Diamond Can Be Created Without High-Pressure
February 8th, 2014 | by James Ayre
Diamane — an extremely thin film of diamond only a few atoms thick — can be created without the extreme [&hellip
Cheap Substitute For Silicon Grows From Carbon Nanotube “Seeds”
August 27th, 2013 | by Tina Casey
While we’ve been busy touting graphene as the “miracle material of the new millennium,” there’s another advanced materials kid on [&hellip
Elusive Silicon Battery Not So Elusive, Thanks To Carbon Nanotubes
August 7th, 2013 | by Tina Casey
Silicon could provide lithium-ion batteries with ten times their typical storage capacity, but this ubiquitous semiconductor is notoriously fragile when [&hellip
Solar Steam — Off-Grid Solar-Powered Sterilization System Created
July 24th, 2013 | by James Ayre
An impressive new solar-powered sterilization system — capable of converting as much as 80% of the energy found in sunlight [&hellip
Harvard U. Researchers Transform Bacteria Into A Biofuel Powerhouse
July 3rd, 2013 | by Tina Casey
A research team from Harvard University’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering together and Harvard Medical School is on track [&hellip
Boron For Better Batteries
May 24th, 2013 | by Guest Contributor
Tina about one year ago wrote about Rice University research exploring the benefits from the use of boron in batteries. Rice [&hellip
Graphene Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Created, A Seamless 3-D Material For Energy Storage & Electronics
December 4th, 2012 | by James Ayre
Researchers from Rice University have created a ‘seamless’ graphene and nanotube hybrid. The material is probably the best electrode [&hellip
New Silicon Batteries Outperform Typical Li-ion Chemistries
November 2nd, 2012 | by Nicholas Brown
Rice University researchers have developed yet another li-ion (lithium-ion) silicon battery anode, but this time it is a crushed, [&hellip
Discarded Silicon Gets New Life In Lithium-Ion Batteries
September 10th, 2012 | by James Ayre
A new way to create the flexible components of rechargeable lithium-ion (LI) batteries from discarded silicon has been developed by [&hellip
Spray-On Lithium-Ion Batteries Can Turn Any Surface Into a Battery
July 9th, 2012 | by Nicholas Brown
Rice University researchers have developed an unusual type of lithium-ion battery. It is a liquid that can be painted [&hellip
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