AFRL selects XG Sciences to develop graphene nanoplatelet-based high-energy...
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) recently selected XG Sciences, a spin-off company from Michigan State University, to develop ultrahigh-energy ultracapacitors for use in space energy storage...
View ArticleVCU scientists develop materials to make transport, storage and use of...
Virginia Commonwealth University scientists have developed a “sponge-like” porous material to purify natural gas and store hydrogen gas to be used in clean energy applications such as fuel cells that...
View ArticleSolid oxide fuel cell system demonstrates record efficiency
Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) function like batteries that you can continually add fuel to. The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory revealed a new type of SOFC yesterday,...
View ArticleResidual heat to produce Hydrogen: it's all about low temperatures
Hydrogen could be a nice solution for many of our current problems with fossil fuels: it provides dense, portable energy without producing harmful emissions when burnt. The difficulty, of course, is...
View ArticleORNL microscopy reveals workings behind promising inexpensive catalyst
A newly developed carbon nanotube material could help lower the cost of fuel cells, catalytic converters and similar energy-related technologies by delivering a substitute for expensive platinum...
View ArticleBringing down the cost of fuel cells
Engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) have discovered a catalyst that provides the same level of efficiency in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) as the currently used platinum catalyst,...
View ArticleRethinking fuel cell catalysts
Even under ideal circumstances, platinum-based fuel cells lose a quarter of the total energy in the conversion process. "Using platinum [as a fuel cell catalyst] is like putting a resistor in the...
View ArticleSelf-charging power cells
Most energy generation systems consist of two components: a generator and a battery. Georgia Tech researcher Zhong Lin Wang thinks this is one too many. Along with his team, Wang has developed...
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