☀️ How can we use the full solar spectrum more efficiently?
Researchers propose a multi-stage PV-TPV solar conversion system that boosts efficiency to 41.8% while reducing concentration requirements.
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s117...
#SolarEnergy #Photovoltaics #Thermophotovoltaics #CleanEnergy
🔋 A safer solid-state electrolyte for Li metal batteries!
C16DMAAC grafted onto PMMA boosts Li⁺ transport (tLi⁺=0.59), 7.23×10⁻⁴ S/cm conductivity & 4.9 V stability.
⚡ 92% capacity after 200 cycles (Li||NCM811)
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s117...
#SolidStateBattery #LithiumMetal #EnergyStorage
The unprecedented transformation in energy: The Third Energy Revolution toward carbon neutrality
Read this article: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#CarbonNeutrality #NetZero #SustainableEnergy #CleanEnergy #ClimateAction
🚀 Turning industrial waste heat into stored power!
Researchers develop a quasi-dynamic model for a thermally integrated Carnot battery, revealing how key design parameters and ORC fluids impact efficiency under real-world conditions.
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s117...
#CarnotBattery #WasteHeat #EnergyStorage
🤖 How is AI transforming batteries & catalysts? From machine learning to large language models, this review maps the evolution of AI for energy materials—and its role in inverse design & discovery.
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s117...
#AI #EnergyMaterials #Batteries #Electrocatalysis #MachineLearning
⚡️ Solar efficiency hits new records in 2025!
Silicon: 27.9%
Perovskite/Si tandem: 35%
Organic PV: 20%+
The efficiency frontier era has begun.
doi.org/10.1007/s117...
#SolarEnergy #Photovoltaics #Perovskite #TandemSolar
🔋 Proton exchange boosts low-cost LiMn₂O₄ catalysts, delivering strong oxygen reduction (0.81 V) and excellent durability—promising a Pt-free route for fuel cells & metal-air batteries. doi.org/10.1007/s117... #Electrocatalysis #FuelCells
🌍Trash → Treasure: New review reveals how we can turn waste CO2 into green methanol (liquid fuel!) using electricity. From nano-catalysts to real-world economics—here's the roadmap to make carbon-neutral fuel actually affordable.
doi.org/10.1007/s117...
#CO2Reduction #Methanol
📢 Aqueous Zinc-ion Batteries are promising, but Zn dendrites & side reactions remain the main hurdles for commercialization. New paper maps out the latest stabilization strategies for Zn anodes!
👉Read the article: rdcu.be/eK2Qr
#EnergyStorage #Battery
✈️🌱 How can biomass waste become jet fuel?
This review reveals how catalytic hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) upgrades pyrolysis bio-oil into aviation fuels, highlighting key catalysts, reaction pathways, and future challenges.
👉 rdcu.be/eZDkn
#SustainableAviationFuel #BioJetFuel #Catalysis #Biomass
🚨 Important Announcement
Frontiers in Energy has been renamed ENGINEERING Energy as of January 2026
The journal’s mission, scope, indexing, and submission platform remain unchanged
We look forward to exploring the frontiers of energy in ENGINEERING Energy
link.springer.com/journal/11708
Non-toxic, high cetane number, smoke-free combustion — could DME power the future of maritime transport? 👀
Researchers highlight dimethyl ether as a promising green fuel for marine engines.
🔗 Read the full article: rdcu.be/eWQ1e
#MarineEnergy #GreenShipping #CleanFuels #DimethylEther #NetZero
🔋🚀 How can aqueous zinc-ion #batteries store more energy without sacrificing safety?
Researchers developed formamide-engineered VOPO₄ cathodes with expanded ion pathways, enabling ultra-high volumetric capacity even at practically high mass loadings.
👉https://rdcu.be/eWnld #Electrochemistry
⚡🔋 Researchers designed a smart MXene–Co₃O₄ composite cathode that traps lithium polysulfides and speeds up sulfur redox reactions—delivering high rate performance and long cycle life in Li–S batteries.
👉 Read:https://rdcu.be/eWgzf
#Batter #EnergyStorage #Electrocatalysis
✨ Turning CO₂ from air into fuels and chemicals
This review explores Integrated Direct Air Capture & Utilization—capturing CO₂ from ambient air and converting it in situ using dual-functional materials.
👉 rdcu.be/eVYdI
#Catalysis #CarbonNeutral
🔬 New review in Frontiers in Energy: Mesoporous carbon materials: Synthesis and applications in PEMFCs!
High-surface-area carbons with 2–50 nm pores boost fuel-cell power, slash O₂ resistance & Pt loading.
Free Read: rdcu.be/exiU3
#FuelCell #GreenEnergy
🔬 Researchers summarize how dielectric-barrier-discharge #plasma enables low-temperature, atmospheric-pressure #ammonia synthesis—a promising route for green ammonia production and hydrogen/electricity storage.
Read it: rdcu.be/eTY2b
#RenewableEnergy #EnergyStorage
📢 New in Frontiers in Energy!
A smart composite electrode boosts methane conversion, enabling high C₂ yield and 80% selectivity at 850 °C 🔥—a step toward cleaner methane use and low-carbon energy 🌱.
🔗 rdcu.be/eTMAs
#EOCM #SOEC #Catalysis #MethaneConversion #Energy
📢 New in Frontiers in Energy!
A smart composite electrode boosts methane conversion, enabling high C₂ yield and 80% selectivity at 850 °C 🔥—a step toward cleaner methane use and low-carbon energy 🌱.
🔗 rdcu.be/eTMAs
#EOCM #SOEC #Catalysis #MethaneConversion #Energy
A new study finds a smart way to make sodium-ion batteries last longer and charge faster by stabilizing their internal structure with aluminum! This helps keep sodium moving smoothly and boosts performance even at high current.
Read it: rdcu.be/eTBa3
#Battery #Energy
Researchers anchored ultrasmall Pd nanoparticles on zirconium phosphate (Zr₃(PO₄)₄), achieving 92.1% Faradaic efficiency for ethanol in CO₂RR.
🎥 Watch the video to learn more & explore the paper here: rdcu.be/eTeUP
#CO2RR #Electrocatalysis #CarbonNeutrality #Ethanol #EnergyTransition
🍃 Anchoring Pd nanoparticles on zirconium phosphate boosts CO₂ electroreduction, achieving 92.1% Faradaic efficiency for ethanol at −0.8 V! A step toward greener fuel production.
Free Read: rdcu.be/eFIZ9
#Electrocatalysis #CleanEnergy
Researchers engineered a composite LSM/Ce-Mn-W@GDC electrode that stabilizes reactive oxygen species for efficient electrochemical methane coupling to C₂ products under SOEC conditions — achieving up to 80.3% selectivity.
🔗 rdcu.be/eRYOo
#CarbonNeutrality #Catalysis
New in #EnergyCatalysis ⚡
Researchers anchored molecular Fe-phthalocyanine onto ZIF-derived Co–N–C, delivering excellent bifunctional ORR/OER performance and powering durable #ZincAirBatteries 💡
🔗https://rdcu.be/eRr99
☀️A multi-interface engineered PtSe₂/ZnSe/TiO₂ nanotube photoanode achieves ~6× higher photocurrent for solar-assisted water oxidation
·Dual type-II heterojunctions
·Enhanced light harvesting & charge separation
·Improved PEC stability🔗https://rdcu.be/eQQx8
#Hydrogen #Solar
☀️A multi-interface engineered PtSe₂/ZnSe/TiO₂ nanotube photoanode achieves ~6× higher photocurrent for solar-assisted water oxidation
·Dual type-II heterojunctions
·Enhanced light harvesting & charge separation
·Improved PEC stability🔗https://rdcu.be/eQQx8
#Hydrogen #Solar
🚀 Researchers engineer formamide-intercalated VOPO₄ nanosheet cathodes with expanded ion pathways.
🔹 Volumetric capacity: 733 mAh/cm³
🔹 High mass loading: up to 20 mg/cm²
🔹 Long-term stability: 82.1% retention after 1000 cycles
🔗 Read more: rdcu.be/eQeXA
#EnergyStorage #Battery
Bird-skeleton-inspired 3D hollow diamond foam greatly boosts PEG-based PCMs, achieving 378%↑ thermal conductivity and 86.5% photothermal efficiency for solar-thermal storage and electronics cooling.
🔗 rdcu.be/ePP3Y
#ThermalManagement #SolarEnergy #EnergyMaterials #FrontiersInEnergy
This study unveils a novel unassisted hybrid system for #Photoelectrochemical water splitting using Spectral Beam Splitting.
🎥 Watch the full video: See how this technology significantly boosts current densities and #solar utilization!
Free Read: rdcu.be/ePDJC
🔥 Top 8 Global Climate & Energy Events of 2024 published! China's milestone carbon laws, G7 coal phase-out, record-high clean energy investment, and the crucial COP29 Baku Pact.
Read more:https://rdcu.be/ePfP7
#ClimateAction #EnergyTransition
