Nearly Ideal Performing Regions in Perovskite Films Could Boost Solar Cells
Nanoscale images by Molecular Foundry researchers yield surprise that could push solar cell efficiency to 31 percent.
X-Rays: More Colorful and More Powerful
New Fresh-slice scheme provides customizable X-rays for studies needed to build more efficient electronics and cleaner energy.
A Catalystic Shock
Scientists surprised by discovery that copper embedded in carbon nano-spikes can turn carbon dioxide into ethanol.
Squeezing Molecules Guides Chemistry
Neutron-scattering studies reveal surprising formation of ammonia after acetonitrile is turned into graphitic polymer, opening doors for catalyst-free industrial reactions at room temperature.
Reusable Sponge for Mitigating Oil Spills
Oleo Sponge could make oil spill cleanup more efficient.
Changing the Nature of Optics in One Step
Researchers invent a new single-step approach to constructing electromagnetic metamaterials uses tiny self-assembled pillars in composite films.
Well-Aligned and Densely Packed
Researchers invent a low-tech, solution-based route to high-performance carbon nanotube thin films.
Tricking Molecules Into Creating New Nano-Shapes
Scientists coax simple molecules into forming complex three-dimensional structures for faster, more energy-efficient electronics.
Exploring the Relationship between the Two-Body and the Collective
New approach accurately determines how electrolytes in water behave, offering insights for energy, synthesis, and medicine
Casting a Wide Net
Designed molecules will provide positive impacts in energy production by selectively removing unwanted ions from complex solutions.
New Software Tools Streamline DNA Sequence Design-and-Build Process
Enhanced software tools will accelerate gene discovery and characterization, vital for new forms of fuel production.
The Ultrafast Interplay Between Molecules and Materials
Computer calculations by the Center for Solar Fuels, an Energy Frontier Research Center, shed light on nebulous interactions in semiconductors relevant to dye-sensitized solar cells.
Supercapacitors: WOODn't That Be Nice
Researchers at Nanostructures for Electrical Energy Storage, an Energy Frontier Research Center, take advantage of nature-made materials and structure for energy storage research.
Groundwater Flow Is Key for Modeling the Global Water Cycle
Water table depth and groundwater flow are vital to understanding the amount of water that plants transmit to the atmosphere.
Finding the Correct Path
A new computational technique greatly simplifies the complex reaction networks common to catalysis and combustion fields.
Opening Efficient Routes to Everyday Plastics
A new material from the Inorganometallic Catalyst Design Center, an Energy Frontier Research Center, facilitates the production of key industrial supplies.
Fight to the Top: Silver and Gold Compete for the Surface of a Bimetallic Solid
It's the classic plot of a buddy movie. Two struggling bodies team up to drive the plot and do good together. That same idea, when it comes to metals, could help scientists solve a big problem: the amount of energy consumed by making chemicals.
Saving Energy Through Light Control
New materials, designed by researchers at the Center for Excitonics, an Energy Frontier Research Center, can reduce energy consumption with the flip of a switch.
Teaching Perovskites to Swim
Scientists at the ANSER Energy Frontier Research Center designed a two-component layer protects a sunlight-harvesting device from water and heat.
Sunblock for Bacteria
Scientists at the Photosynthetic Antenna Research Center (PARC), an Energy Frontier Research Center, discovered a way that life could regulate solar energy transfer
Tailoring Materials' Properties for Nuclear Energy
Researchers at Energy Dissipation to Defect Evolution (EDDE) Energy Frontier Research Center
Microbes Making the Most of Their Energy Sources
Scientists at the BETCy Energy Frontier Research Center explain electron bifurcation, an enigmatic energy-harnessing process in microorganisms, to inform biofuels research.
Uncrowded Coils
A new fast and robust algorithm for computing stellarator coil shapes yields designs that are easier to build and maintain.
Fast Electrons and the Seeds of Disruption
Physicists measured fast electron populations. They achieved this first-of-its-kind result by seeing the effect of the fast electrons on the ablation rate of small frozen argon pellets.
Plasma Turbulence Generates Flow in Fusion Reactors
Heating the core of fusion reactors causes them to develop sheared rotation that can improve plasma performance.