Windows could take the heat
Dec 23, 2014
Generators embedded in windows produce electricity from the temperature differential between an air-conditioned interior and a sunny outside world.
Dec 23, 2014
Generators embedded in windows produce electricity from the temperature differential between an air-conditioned interior and a sunny outside world.
Dec 23, 2014
Chaotic optical resonators can trap more light energy than their orderly counterparts.
Dec 23, 2014
Light absorption capacity of quantum dot solar cells may soon reach the infrared.
Dec 23, 2014
A single photon can free two electrons within a nanocrystal of silver sulfide, revealing its promise as a solar cell material.
Dec 23, 2014
KAUST’s Clean Combustion Research Center aims to develop technologies for future fuel formulations, more efficient engines, and new methods for power generation.
Feb 6, 2015
KAUST’s Earth Science and Engineering Program is underpinned by a drive to develop sustainable ways to get the best from natural resources and quantify environmental hazards.
Mar 16, 2015
Producing hydrogen from water is improved by creating an orderly catalyst.
Apr 18, 2015
A fast and cost-efficient fabrication process for high-quality perovskite crystals bridges the gap to silicon.
Apr 25, 2015
A woven carbon cloth coated in a conducting polymer and an oxide-material provides a stable way of storing energy.
Apr 25, 2015
Lightweight and low-cost device uses friction inside paper-based coils to transform mechanical motion into electricity.
Jul 11, 2015
An oxide layer optimized to selectively transmit electrons can improve the efficiency of organic solar cells beyond 10 percent.
Aug 15, 2015
Perfect interfaces between sheets of two-dimensional semiconductors enable advanced electronic devices.
Aug 29, 2015
Chemical tricks improve the efficiency and durability of photothermal membranes that use sunlight to turn water into steam.
Mar 18, 2017
Deformable thermoelectric materials add a new twist to the design of energy-scavenging devices.
May 17, 2017
A breakthrough in generating water-stable metal-organic frameworks allows efficient removal of water from gases.
Jun 5, 2017
A coating of molybdenum improves the efficiency of catalysts for producing hydrogen.
Oct 15, 2017
Wind turbines suspended high in the sky have potential as an alternative power source for Saudi Arabia.
Nov 19, 2017
Physicists are playing unexpected roles in meeting future global energy challenges by modeling technologies such as fracking.
Feb 4, 2018
Innovative diode design uses ultrafast quantum tunneling to harvest infrared energy from the environment.
Feb 4, 2018
A metal-organic framework that can take up twice its weight in water and then release it when humidity falls.
Feb 25, 2018
A technique of microwave synthesis of layered oxides enables high-capacity aqueous zinc-ion batteries.
Mar 18, 2018
A technique modeling the combustion characteristics of gasoline blended with biofuels for cleaner and more efficient fuels.
Apr 8, 2018
A risk-based optimization scheme boosts confidence and profitability for future mixed-technology power plants.
Apr 15, 2018
A porous cerium-based coating boosts the durability of oxygen-forming catalysts while maintaining their inherent water-splitting activity.
May 6, 2018
Advanced analysis of seismic data could lead the next wave in oil exploration.
Jul 8, 2018
Understanding the response of gas flames to acoustic perturbations at high pressure should make next-generation turbines safer and more efficient.
Jul 29, 2018
Laser-scribed disordered graphene significantly improves sodium-ion battery capacity.
Aug 5, 2018
Ethanol and related gasoline replacement fuels produce fewer smog-causing chemicals.
Aug 12, 2018
Computer analysis aids the formulation of methanol-based renewable fuels that can operate under compression ignition conditions.
Sep 6, 2018
Rethinking industry-scale catalytic processes could slash global energy consumption and even turn carbon dioxide into a valuable commodity.
Sep 24, 2018
A numerical study reveals how to reduce instabilities in the complex flow of plasma in converging geometry of particles in fusion reactions.
Oct 8, 2018
Tantalum nitride as thin layers improves the extraction of electrons from silicon solar cells.
Nov 11, 2018
Understanding the effect pressure has on soot production during fuel combustion could help reduce polluting emissions.
Nov 22, 2018
A compound made from the glycerol by-product of biodiesel production could promote cleaner burning in vehicle engines.
Mar 3, 2019
Self-assembled channels in a polymer membrane could greatly enhance extraction of water from gases.
May 26, 2019
Imaging defects in MOF crystals, and monitoring how they develop, will allow control of defect formation to design better MOFs for many applications.
Jul 10, 2019
An integrated system seamlessly harnesses sunlight to cogenerate electricity and fresh water.
Aug 27, 2019
Accounting for the quality of energy needed to run a desalination plant shows benefits of using waste heat.
Mar 19, 2020
Light can simultaneously transfer energy and data to underwater devices, but there’s a long way to go before these systems can be deployed.
Jun 18, 2020
A facile and mild bromine treatment eliminates surface and bulk defects from perovskites to boost the materials’ optoelectronic properties.
Sep 1, 2020
Identifying the ideal co-catalyst can significantly extend the working lifetime of solar fuel–generating photocatalysts.
Oct 5, 2020
Combining solar-harvesting materials with carbon-dioxide–consuming microbes could be an efficient way to generate clean fuels.
Oct 6, 2020
Air-stable coatings can improve the longevity of wearable devices that tap into body heat.
Oct 18, 2020
A new electroactive bacterium could help fuel wastewater treatment reactors.
Oct 22, 2020
Chemical treatments enable low-cost light sources to emit specific colors on demand.
Nov 1, 2020
Carefully designed covalent organic frameworks could make supercapacitor electrodes that have a greater ability to store electric charge.
Mar 17, 2021
Rational molecular design produces air-stable polymer-based semiconductors to better exploit waste heat for electricity.
May 22, 2022
Graphitic thin films hit high temperatures within seconds under low voltage.
Jun 19, 2022
Porous nanosheets combined with polymers can remove contaminants from methane.
Jun 22, 2022
Porous MOFs enable simple molecular separations based on mismatches in physical profiles.
Dec 6, 2022
Computer simulations show how nitrogen injections can help flush oil from underground storage.
Dec 19, 2022
Rechargeable batteries to benefit from the development of lithium-loving foams.
Dec 27, 2022
Using ammonia as a hydrogen-rich energy source requires technology that can spot pollutants in flames.
Jan 4, 2023
A novel modeling technique provides valuable insights into the maturation of oil and gas in the Tuwaiq Mountain shale formation.
Jan 10, 2023
Ammonium-ion electrolytes could help create ecofriendly and sustainable alternatives to lithium-ion batteries, particularly for grid storage.