In a significant advancement for energy storage technologies, researchers have developed a novel flexible carbon nanotube@porous carbon (CNT@PC) sponge cathode material, enhancing the charging performance and efficiency of zinc ion hybrid capacitors (ZIHCs).
Roca Group, the world leader in the design, production and commercialisation of bathroom furnishings, has invested in the world’s first electric tunnel kiln for sanitaryware.
Researchers from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and Central South University in China have shown that heat in technical devices can be exploited for computation when certain materials are combined.
A research team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) led by Prof. Wei Chen created a rechargeable hydrogen-chlorine (H2-Cl2) battery that can function in a wide temperature range of -70 °C to 40 °C. The study was featured as the cover article in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
Vanadium redox flow batteries, which can store a significant amount of energy and are used by a variety of industries, including electric power utilities, have a successful method for reducing charge capacity loss described in an article published by researchers at the Center for Development of Functional Materials (PDFF) in Brazil. The Chemical Engineering Journal published the article.