A new six-junction solar cell, developed by NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory), converts 47.1% of incident light into electricity when combined with optical concentration. Indications thus ...

Numerous power storage and conversion technologies, including batteries, supercapacitors, and fuel cells, utilize polymeric materials. These materials have multiple benefits over conventional ...

A new comprehensive review highlights how converting biomass into gaseous fuels such as hydrogen, methane, and syngas could ...

Just nine years ago nearly all of Miami University's Oxford campus buildings were heated by carbon-intensive steam. Today, just under half (49%) of those buildings are heated by steam. The physical ...

Direct conversion of Earth-abundant methane into value-added chemicals under mild conditions is an attractive technology in response to the increasing industrial demand for feedstocks and the ...

Combined-cycle power plant in Asheville, North Carolina. Photo courtesy of Duke Energy. By Brian King, Burns & McDonnell The energy landscape is undergoing a seismic shift, driven by federal ...