American researchers design organic battery intended for deployment in power stations.

Corrosion protection for water-splitting semiconductors
Caltech researchers devise a method to protect the materials in a solar-fuel generator.

PDMS/nanotube transducer converts terahertz radiation to sound
Heat-based carbon nanotube/PDMS sensor developed at University of Michigan could detect terahertz radiation in real-time.

A Fossil Fuel Free World
Professor Ozin explores the repercussions of giving up our fossil fuel addiction.

The next step towards large-scale artificial photosynthesis
Berkeley Lab researchers identify key intermediate steps in artificial photosynthesis reaction.

Macromolecular Engineering: Precisely Controlled Polymer Architectures – Free Access to Recent Highlights
A new special issue of Macromolecular Rapid Communications highlights exciting recent developments in the field of macromolecular engineering.

November highlights from physica status solidi
Phase transitions, gold films, and gallium oxide – these and more in November’s physics highlights.

Audi opens power-to-gas facility
Audi opens an e-gas plant in Werlte making it the first automobile manufacturer to develop a chain of sustainable energy carriers.

A battery made of wood?
Wood fibers help nano-scale batteries keep their structure.
Patent awarded for li-ion battery fire-suppression system
LithFire-X has been awarded patent protection for a system to contain and extinguish lithium ion battery fires in electric energy storage configurations.