Various approaches for converting CO2 and H2O to liquid hydrocarbons using solar energy involve electro/photo/thermochemical catalytic processes and combinations thereof exist.
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Printing Wearable Graphene Sensors
Graphene sensors with high-resolution features are produced on flexible tapes for wearable electronics via a simplified drop-cast-and-transfer process.
World First US–Australia Biofuel Flight
Qantas used biofuel processed from a non-food, industrial type of mustard seed for a historic trans-Pacific 15 hour flight saving 18 000kg in carbon emissions.
Thermal Insulation: As Stealthy as a Polar Bear
Replicating the hollow structure of polar bear hairs allows an insulating material to provide thermal management with stealth applications.
Nitrogen Reduction Reactions: Fact or Artifact
Greener catalytic ammonia synthesis requires robust control experiments to eliminate artifacts.
Wind Power within European Grid Codes: Evolution, Status and Outlook
Today, wind power plant developers and wind turbine manufacturers increasingly face power system stability support requirements similar to conventional power stations. These new requirements intend to make wind power plant behavior more similar to conventional power stations.
Carbon Dioxide Desalination
Imagine a scenario where CO2 greenhouse gas emissions could be used to desalinate briny water. This would be a creative way of killing two birds with one stone, namely helping to ameliorate global-warming-induced climate change and producing high quality water for agriculture and drinking purposes.
Smart Windows Use Plasmons to Adapt to Sunlight Alone
Smart windows switch between transparent and opaque states based on environmental cues. Researchers reveal a prototype that exploits plasmons, converting incident sunlight into local thermal energy to trigger the switch.
Powering Electrical Devices with… Power Cables?
Sometimes the answer to a problem is exactly where you would expect it to be.
Nanosheets Boost Battery Charge
Lithium-metal batteries can hold up to 10 times more charge than batteries that currently power our phones, laptops, and cars; but, they have one fatal flaw…
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