Energy & Green Tech

According to Cornell Engineering researchers, the exponential growth of transactions involving non-fungible tokens (NFTs) could be supported by unused hydroelectric, solar, and wind power in the United States. Fengqi You, Roxanne E., and Michael J. Zak, Teacher in Energy Frameworks Design at Cornell Design, are the authors of "Environment Concerns and the Fate of Non-Fungible Tokens: Leveraging the Ethereum Merge's Environmental Benefits," which appeared in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on July 10. Apoorv Lal, a graduate student in chemical and biomolecular engineering who is a member of the You Research Group, is the co-author of You. The

In a record-breaking experiment, a next-generation flow battery design's capacity and longevity were demonstrated to be enhanced by a common food and medicine additive. An exploration group from the Branch of Energy's Pacific Northwest Public Research Facility reports that the stream battery, a plan upgraded for electrical network energy capacity, kept up with its ability to store and deliver energy over an extended period of persistent charge and release. The study, which was recently published in the journal Joule, describes the first application of a starch-derived dissolved simple sugar called cyclodextrin to increase battery capacity and longevity. The scientists tweaked

Two teams of solar-power engineers, one led by a large group at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH and the other by a group at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, have found two ways to make silicon and perovskite work better together to increase the efficiency of solar cells. The specifics of their work, as well as the outcomes of their tests, have been detailed in papers that have been published in the scientific journal Science. The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology's Stefaan De Wolf and Erkan Aydin have written a Perspectives article for the

According to a study that was published in Nature Water, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have created a hand-held device that has been tested in extreme weather conditions and is capable of extracting and converting water molecules from the air into drinkable water by using only the sunlight in the surrounding environment as its energy source. This atmospheric water harvester repeatedly extracted water from Death Valley National Park, the hottest and driest place in North America, using an ultra-porous material called a metal-organic framework (MOF). These tests showed the gadget could give clean water anywhere, resolving a pressing

The substance is present on two-thirds of the Earth's surface, but billions of people lack access to clean, drinkable water. An electrified version of dialysis is used in a new purification system developed by Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology researchers to separate salt and other undesirable particles from the potable product. The method, which has been successfully applied to wastewater and is planned for expansion into rivers and seas, consumes 90% less energy and saves money than its competitors. The research was presented in ACS Energy Letters. If, by some stroke of good luck, taking salt from water

Redox flow batteries use chemicals stored in tanks attached to the electrodes, whereas rechargeable batteries store electricity in their electrode materials. A hybrid cell-based battery system that not only stores and provides electricity but also produces valuable chemicals in a flow system has now been developed by researchers. The biomass-derived molecular furfural is transformed into either furfuryl alcohol or furoic acid by the furfural-nickel hydroxide battery during operation. Furfural is a small molecule that is made from pentose sugars that are found in agricultural biomass. It is regarded as an important platform chemical from which a number of intermediates can

With new research that enhances the effectiveness of iridium-based catalysts, experts from the University of Adelaide have advanced the race to make widespread use of intermittent renewable energy a reality. According to Associate Professor Yao Zheng, ARC Future Fellow, School of Chemical Engineering, of the University of Adelaide, "currently it is difficult for commercial iridium oxide catalysts to achieve high activity and stability simultaneously in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis (PEMWE)." "We found that an iridium oxide catalyst's efficiency can be increased by 5 to 12 percent using a lattice-water-assisted mechanism, which involves arranging water molecules in a specific pattern.

Going green may result in higher costs when it comes to flying. Additionally, the plan won't take off right away. Sustainability was a hot topic this week at the Paris Air Show, the biggest aviation event in the world. The aviation industry is under more and more pressure to cut down on the greenhouse gases that airplanes release into the atmosphere. Emissions-reduction strategies were applied to even the show's large orders: According to airlines and manufacturers, the new planes will use less fuel than their predecessors. However, the majority of those aircraft will utilize conventional kerosene-based jet fuel. Startups are

With new research that enhances the effectiveness of iridium-based catalysts, experts from the University of Adelaide have advanced the race to make widespread use of intermittent renewable energy a reality. According to Associate Professor Yao Zheng, ARC Future Fellow, School of Chemical Engineering, of the University of Adelaide, "currently it is difficult for commercial iridium oxide catalysts to achieve high activity and stability simultaneously in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis (PEMWE)." "We found that an iridium oxide catalyst's efficiency can be increased by 5 to 12 percent using a lattice-water-assisted mechanism, which involves arranging water molecules in a specific pattern.

Resources are scarce for many commodities that are important to supply chains that will facilitate America's decarbonization transition. Finding new ways to consistently extract essential materials is essential to advance renewable energy because traditional mining is rife with difficulties. Researchers in the United States will need to develop novel approaches to get the materials required for a variety of technologies in order to advance both national security and economic competitiveness. Batteries, electric motor magnets, catalysts, nuclear reactors, and other crucial carbon-free energy technologies are among them. One untapped resource for obtaining these elements is water. The different methods by which