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Read article: Graphene-based materials show great promise for hydrogen transport and storage Materials for energy Podcasts Graphene-based materials show great promise for hydrogen transport and storage Materials expert Krzysztof Koziol also talks about hydrogen-powered aircraft
Read article: Shallow defects drive slow recombination, high efficiency in perovskite solar cells Materials for energy Research update Shallow defects drive slow recombination, high efficiency in perovskite solar cells Findings could help improve cell efficiencies still further, say physicists
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Read article: Flash heating technique extracts valuable metals from battery waste quickly and cheaply Materials for energy Research update Flash heating technique extracts valuable metals from battery waste quickly and cheaply New way of recovering material from lithium-ion devices also requires much less acid than other methods
Read article: Droplet-based ‘wind farms’ harvest low-speed wind energy Materials for energy Research update Droplet-based ‘wind farms’ harvest low-speed wind energy Anchored droplets of ionic liquids collect enough charge to power a pocket calculator
Read article: Cement-based supercapacitor makes a novel energy storage system Materials for energy Research update Cement-based supercapacitor makes a novel energy storage system New device could be incorporated into the concrete foundation of a building
Read article: Thermocell generates electricity from latent heat Materials for energy Research update Thermocell generates electricity from latent heat Device uses a polymer phase transition to create a thermoelectric effect