As materials science reaps sustained rewards from focusing on interfaces, researchers can now access a technical note to guide them through modelling these systems
Read article: Know your boundaries to progress materials science
Novel device design suggests a way to harvest energy for small devices
Read article: Robust, flexible thermoelectric coils power miniature devices
In today's solar-PV market, silicon is king. Will later generations of materials ever steal its crown? Jon Major assesses their chances
Read article: The search for silicon’s successor
Solar windows could make buildings "greener", but past attempts to commercialize the technology have run into obstacles. Will the latest efforts succeed?
Read article: Seeing through a glass, darkly
Working at the interface of academia and industry in the energy sector makes for exciting research, as John Irvine tells Anna Demming
Read article: Fuelling the planet
Both lithium-sulphur battery cycling lifetimes and capacity benefit from innovations with 2D materials
Read article: Alliance with 2D materials boosts sulphur-based batteries
The first ever battery-like bioelectrochemical system could be used to generate biofuel while capturing CO2
Read article: Purple bacteria produce hydrogen from waste water
Engineering a sustainable, electrified future means developing materials with properties that surpass those found in current technologies
Read article: Beyond the lithium-ion battery
Using a model for triboelectric nanogenerators based on the Maxwell equations, researchers identify designs and conditions that optimize performance
Read article: Maxwell model optimizes motion energy harvesters
A gradual blend from a lithiophilic to a lithiophobic material makes batteries resilient to damaging dendrite formation
Read article: Fade boosts lithium battery stability
