Industrial salt makes a safer and more sustainable zinc battery
Hydrous organic electrolyte also works across a wide temperature range
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Ultrathin flexible solar cells get an efficiency boost
Devices made from transition metal dichalcogenides could be employed in self-powered wearables and sensors as well as drones
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Hybrid device acts as both solar cell and battery
Researchers develop first photoelectric system that can convert light into charge and then store it
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Processing tweak makes solar cell ‘ink’ more stable
New work advances the commercialization of cells made from lead halide perovskites
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Wood-based conductors could make Li-ion batteries safer
New material might be used as a solid battery electrolyte or as an ion-conducting binder for the cathode of an all-solid-state device
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Urban mining gets quicker and cleaner
New flash Joule heating technique recovers precious metals from electronic waste in seconds
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In search of new solutions for cheap and stable solar cells
Next-generation photovoltaic materials expert Giulia Grancini discusses her research on hybrid perovskite solar cells and the “golden triangle” of efficiency, stability and cost
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Biological systems inspire new method for extracting lithium
Technique that separates lithium from contaminated water could help meet demand for electric vehicle batteries
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Simulations herald rethink for all-inorganic perovskite solar cells
Materials long maligned as less efficient than their hybrid cousins in fact have fewer loss mechanisms, say researchers
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Exciton ‘surfing’ could boost the efficiency of organic solar cells
New quantum mechanical mechanism increases exciton diffusion length
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