Perovskite solar cells

Creating the most efficient perovskite solar cells to date using ammonium

Scientists have created perovskite solar cells with 21% efficiency, the best results ever for a device made from a non-halide lead source.
biomass

New project utilises biomass for affordable energy 

Aston University scientists are to start a project to use biomass from Indonesia’s unwanted rice straw for low-cost, commercial-scale energy.

System Integration: Toward informed decision making for the energy transition

The Eindhoven Institute for Renewable Energy Systems is using a System Integration approach, which aims to model future energy systems to facilitate the green...
aqueous batteries

Are aqueous batteries the key to global electrification?

Researchers from the University of Houston believe that aqueous batteries could be the key to sustainably powering a green future. Lithium-ion batteries are the main...

Avalon makes significant progress toward production from its Separation Rapids Lithium Project

The potential of the rare lithium mineral petalite in Ontario will enable Avalon to serve both the battery materials and glass-ceramics industries. Avalon’s aspirations to...
radio waves

Radio waves sustainably power the internet of things

Scientists have developed an innovative technology that harvests energy from radio waves to sustainably power the Internet of Things.
Battery electrolyte

Searching for better battery electrolytes through Artificial Intelligence

Scientists at Argonne Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Science are using robots to consider how to improve battery electrolytes.
Ornithopter landing autonomously

Autonomous ornithopter can land like a bird

Researchers have developed a unique landing gear that makes it possible for flapping-wing ornithopters to land like birds.
carbon sequestration

Carbon sequestration in UK woodlands twice as high as expected

Find out how the carbon sequestration capacity of UK woodlands is potentially double that of previous estimates.
Data storage

Data storage crisis set to be solved by innovative new programme

Scientists at Aston University are starting a research programme to tackle the global shortage of digital data storage.