The “Founding Father” of lithium-ion batteries used SNS neutrons to confirm coating cathode material (blue) with lithium-free niobium oxide (light green) greatly reduced first-cycle capacity…
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Extraordinary New Material Converts Waste Heat Into Energy
Purified tin selenide has extraordinarily high thermoelectric performance. Perseverance, Mars rover, is powered by something very desirable here on Earth: a thermoelectric device, which converts…
View More Extraordinary New Material Converts Waste Heat Into EnergyMeasuring Photovoltaic Performance Indoors – Under Artificial Ambient Light
Determining photovoltaic cells’ performance under artificial lighting. Credit: Hamadani Better methods for assessing solar cells under indoor ambient lighting can help improve their design. As…
View More Measuring Photovoltaic Performance Indoors – Under Artificial Ambient LightTriboelectric Nanogenerators: Harvesting Energy From Ocean Waves
Researchers have developed sphere-based triboelectric nanogenerators that can be incorporated directly into navigational buoys to provide electricity from ocean waves. Credit: Cátia Rodrigues Traditional power…
View More Triboelectric Nanogenerators: Harvesting Energy From Ocean WavesSelf-Harvesting Energy To Power Rechargeable Devices, Sensors
Indoor photovoltaics for battery-powered sensors. Credit: Shore and Hamadani Self-harvesting energy from indoor environments proves effective for charging batteries. As more of our devices require…
View More Self-Harvesting Energy To Power Rechargeable Devices, SensorsA Cousin of Table Salt Could Make Rechargeable Batteries Faster and Safer
Neutron scattering was used to study a disordered rock salt that could be used to make safer, faster-charging battery anodes. Credit: ORNL/Jill Hemman One of…
View More A Cousin of Table Salt Could Make Rechargeable Batteries Faster and SaferHow Three Artificial Intelligence Technologies Can Sharpen a Company’s Strategic Edge
Using Artificial Intelligence, corporations can see new patterns in their data and maintain a competitive edge. Blending these AI technologies into business strategy and operations…
View More How Three Artificial Intelligence Technologies Can Sharpen a Company’s Strategic EdgeInnovative Nanomaterials To Decontaminate Water
Important funding for the intersectoral research work of two INRS professors. Patrick Drogui and My Ali El Khakani, professors at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS),…
View More Innovative Nanomaterials To Decontaminate WaterDynamic Control of THz Wavefronts by Rotating Layers of Cascaded Metasurfaces
A metadevice for dynamically controlling THz wavefronts by rotating layers of cascaded metasurfaces. Credit: Shanghai University Cascaded metasurfaces for dynamic control of THz wavefronts Electromagnetic…
View More Dynamic Control of THz Wavefronts by Rotating Layers of Cascaded MetasurfacesNASA Interns Take Space Washing Machine Designs for a Spin
NASA Glenn interns brainstormed ways to wash clothes on the space station during a summer design challenge. Credit: NASA/Design by Ellen Bausback There is no…
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