Wearable supercapacitor stores energy using human sweat
Device eliminates the need for harmful battery electrolytes
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Colourful bilayer paint can cool buildings by reflecting sunlight
Coating comes in a range of colours and could be used in summer clothing
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Wide-band-gap semiconductors could harvest sunlight underwater
Devices made from these materials could be used to power autonomous submersible vehicles and sensors
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Emergence of crucial interphase in lithium-ion batteries is observed by researchers
Unique tool characterizes chemical evolution early in a device's lifetime
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Supercapacitor model captures complex physics of charging
New insights could lead to better energy-storage devices
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Novel photovoltaics generate electrical power from thermal sources
Devices based on photon-assisted tunnelling could harvest energy from nuclear power stations, chemical manufacturing facilities and other sources of waste heat
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Nanowire device generates electricity from ambient humidity
Non-polluting, low-cost device generates electrical current from the water vapour naturally present in the atmosphere
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Falling water drops power LEDs
The power generated by a drop of water falling onto a droplet-based electricity generator can light up 100 small LEDs
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Water splitting on haematite photoanodes changes with light intensity
Mechanism appears to mimic the activation of photosystem II during photosynthesis
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Metallic tin ‘reduces’ limitations of perovskite solar cells
Scientists tackle unwanted oxidation reactions to boost the performance of monolithic all-perovskite tandem solar cells
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