Gallium arsenide-based photovoltaic could be used as a power source for satellites in demanding space environments
Read article: Thinner solar cells are more robust to space radiation
New devices might make it possible to locate solar farms on water, not land
Read article: Floating artificial leaves could produce solar-generated fuel
Adding sucrose containing hydroxyl groups to battery electrolytes slows down unwanted dendrite growth while preventing electrode corrosion
Read article: A spoonful of sugar makes the dendrites go down
James McKenzie realizes that we’re going to need lots of magnets if we want to turn the economy green
Read article: Magnets, magnets, magnets: we’ll need lots of them for a green economy
In this podcast we learn about a new refrigeration technology and chat about what’s new in physics
Read article: Artificial muscles offer a route to greener air conditioning, breakthroughs in semiconductor physics and hidden consciousness
"Traps" for charge carriers reduce the longevity of these promising solar-cell materials as well as their efficiency
Read article: Nanoscale impurities degrade halide perovskites
Devices containing a "bumpy" carbon-based material work at freezing temperatures
Read article: Lithium-ion batteries recharge in the cold
Material is low cost and easy to make, say researchers
Read article: Water harvesting gel works at low humidity levels
Large polarons may not be responsible for the favourable optoelectronic properties of lead halide perovskites after all
Read article: Charge-transport mystery deepens in promising solar-cell materials
Two-junction devices could be integrated into renewable-energy systems for low-cost thermal-grid storage
Read article: Thermophotovoltaic cells top 40 per cent efficiency
