Harvesting the sun’s energy has always been an exciting challenge. As technology races forward, scientists are finding new ways to both collect and store that energy more efficiently. A recent ...

Rechargeable batteries are everywhere—from portable electronic devices and electric vehicles to renewable energy storage.

Tiny cavities in energy storage devices form small vortices that help with charging, according to a research team led by TU Darmstadt. This previously unknown phenomenon could advance the development ...

Power outages have become increasingly common, and longer in duration, due to extreme weather and temperature events. Behind-the-meter (BTM) batteries are proving their worth, as they have become more ...

Twelve photovoltaic storage systems with capacities of 5 kW or 10 kW were included in the comparison, among them several new products, all of which achieved efficiency class A. A new study – also ...

An innovative hybrid solar device that combines a PV panel and energy storage has achieved record levels of energy storage efficiency for such a device. And unlike conventional batteries, the ...

A flexible dual-band electrochromic device with a high optical modulation and a long cycle life was reported. The device assembled can modulate the visible light and near-infrared independently and ...

MIT’s concrete supercapacitor reports 10x higher energy storage; an organic electrolyte raises voltage, with clear limits for home backup.

A research team achieves 63% energy storage efficiency and 5.17% overall efficiency by combining a supercapacitor with a solar cell. Jeongmin Kim, Senior Researcher at DGIST (President Kunwoo Lee), in ...

Each year, billions of single-use plastic bottles end up in landfills or oceans. That waste problem keeps growing. Now, a new scientific breakthrough suggests those same bottles could help power your ...