Energy, fuels and sustainable energy – Page 22
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Opinion
Recharging the UK's battery industry
The £246 million Faraday Challenge is welcome – but it’s not enough
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Research
‘Cyborg’ bacteria beat plants at their own game
Microbes harvest sunlight by coating themselves in cadmium sulfide nanoparticles
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Research
Non-metal catalyst reduces carbon dioxide to liquid fuels
Conductive polydopamine channels electrons far more selectively than metal catalysts
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Research
Molecular movie exposes perovskite solar cell’s inner workings
Electron camera may help uncover why perovskites are efficient light-harvesters
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News
Warnings that radiochemistry is dying
Critical nuclear know-how is dwindling as the younger generation avoid this vital field
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Opinion
Electric avenue
Western carmakers need to seize the initiative on cleaner vehicles or risk being left behind
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Research
Sun shines for iron catalyst to convert carbon dioxide to methane
Step on the road to sustainable fuel production as iron–porphyrin catalyst comes through under mild conditions
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Research
Lithium could hold key to sustainable ammonia synthesis
Cycling strategy leads to massive efficiency boost
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Research
Energy storage prices forecast to tumble
First broad ‘evidence-based’ comparison shows similar capital cost evolution among technologies including lithium-ion and flow batteries
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News
China opens up new energy front as it taps gas hydrates
Fears that drilling marine methane deposits will damage ecosystems and add to climate change
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Feature
A slice of ion beam–scanning microscopy
From brain cells to batteries, is there anything focused ion beam–scanning electron microscopy can’t study?
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Research
Zeolite catalysts convert carbon dioxide to fuel
Two research groups have independently developed catalysts that turn CO2 and hydrogen into gasoline
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Research
Cheap catalyst turns carbon dioxide into fuel
Earth abundant materials can be nano-engineered to make best use of increasingly abundant solar power
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Research
Spongy metal energises lithium–oxygen batteries
An ultra-light nickel cathode boosts performance and lifetime of promising battery technology
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Research
Methane to methanol catalyst could end gas flaring
Process could cut carbon emissions at remote oil fields but devil is in the detail
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News
The legacy of the Hindenburg disaster
Eighty years on, the airship fire still leaves its mark on the hydrogen industry
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News
Super-heated solar steam generator to debut in Mexico
Solar collector could provide a sustainable way to produce chemicals
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News
Britain’s nuclear future threatened by Brexit
Warnings on failure to plan for life outside of Europe’s nuclear body
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Research
Perovskite quantum dots boost artificial photosynthesis
Perovskite and graphene combined to enhance photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide
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Research
Carbon nanofibre offers new spin on catalysts
Electrospinning carbon nanofibre into an electrocatalyst paves the way to flexible energy storage devices