Engineers at the UC San Diego have developed a 3D printing method that is incredibly simple and sustainable, using just a liquid polymer ink and a calcium chloride salt solution to print solid structures. And what’s even more incredible than the simplicity of the new 3D printing method is that … [continued]
Research on Ultraviolet-Driven Degradation Receives Independent Testing From the Perovskite PV Accelerator for Commercializing Technologies (PACT) Center Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are promising next-generation solar photovoltaic (PV) cells with high performance and low production costs compared to silicon. However, one of the primary challenges to widespread adoption of PSCs is … [continued]
Longer-lasting, higher-performing batteries would help spark EV sales, and a new solid state lithium-sulfur formula could do the trick.
Leer en Español The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the winners of the 2023 Geothermal Collegiate Competition, an annual challenge that offers college students experience in the renewable energy industry and the chance to win cash prizes for developing real-world geothermal solutions. Team GeoTribe from the University of Oklahoma won … [continued]
Smartville emerged as the product of of the University of San Diego, California, as a result of the research of co-founders Antoni Tong and Mike Ferry. They realized the need for and the opportunity to build a business around triaging and repurposing second life electric vehicle batteries. Ferry is the … [continued]
“Living material” offers new way to clean polluted water Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new type of material that could offer a sustainable and eco-friendly solution to clean pollutants from water. Dubbed an “engineered living material,” it is a 3D-printed structure made of a … [continued]
Engineers create a high performance all-solid-state battery with a pure-silicon anode
Originally published on The U.S. National Science Foundation. WASHINGTON — Last week, the U.S. National Science Foundation announced the establishment of 11 new NSF National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes, building on the first round of 7 institutes funded in 2020. The combined investment of $220 million expands the reach of these … [continued]
Researchers at the UCSD say they have discovered a new, cost efficient process for restoring depleted LPF cathodes to full their full usefulness.
Wait, why is the US chairing a new global energy storage consortium that will kill off coal, oil, and gas jobs all over the world?
