The Boeing company – which is based in Sylmar, California – will manufacture, integrate and test the cells under the terms of the agreement with NASA. They will provide power to both the telescope and the primary mirror, which is 2.4 meters in diameter. The power to the telescope will include its two main instruments: […]
Zinc-air batteries, which produce electricity through a chemical reaction between oxygen in the atmosphere and zinc, are considered to be next-generation candidates to meet the explosive demand for electric vehicles instead of lithium-ion batteries. They theoretically meet all required characteristics for next-generation secondary batteries, such as; high energy density, low risk of explosion, eco-friendliness […]
When popular Indian singer Chinmayi Sripaada shared photos of recently cleaned roof solar panels on his in -laws in Chennai on social media, he highlighted how his family tapped into clean power when energy demand rose amid more extreme heat. In response, several million of her Twitter followers wrote back, asking about the cost of […]
A new study by Chinese researchers demonstrates a novel approach to enhancing the storage performance of batteries and capacitors. The researchers developed a simple yet efficient way to produce a material with excellent performance for use in devices that rely on lithium-ion storage. Energy storage technologies are increasingly important as the world […]
Scientists have created a battery designed for the electric grid that locks in energy for months without losing much storage capacity. The development of the “freeze-thaw battery,” which freezes its energy for use later, is a step toward batteries that can be used for seasonal storage: saving energy in one season, such […]
For a greener and more sustainable economy, building better and more powerful solar cells is a key research goal within the clean energy sector. But, in a typical single-junction solar cell, performance is capped at what is called the Shockley-Queisser limit (a theoretical limit for the maximum efficiency that a solar cell can reach). […]
