Headline: Solar harvesting system has potential to generate solar power 24/7

■ Release Date: 2022.10.3

■ Published by: University of Houston

■ Keywords: solar, solar harvesting, photovoltaic cells

■ Abstract:

A professor is reporting on a new type of solar energy harvesting system that breaks the efficiency record of all existing technologies. And no less important, it clears the way to use solar power 24/7.

Headline: Engineers develop a new kind of shape-memory material

■ Release Date: 2022.10.5

■ Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

■ Keywords: ceramic, shape-memory material, traditional metal

■ Abstract:

Engineers have created shape-memory materials made of ceramic rather than of traditional metal. The development opens a new range of applications, especially for actuators in high-temperature settings.

Headline: The battery that runs 630 km on a single charge

■ Release Date: 2022.10.6

■ Published by: Pohang University of Science & Technology (POSTECH)

■ Keywords: anode, lithium, energy density

■ Abstract:

A research team succeeds in developing anode-free Li batteries with maximized energy density, improving energy density by 40%.

Headline: New study unveils why gold (111) surface forms the herringbone texture

■ Release Date: 2022.10.6

■ Published by: Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology(UNIST)

■ Keywords: gold, conductor, nanoscale

■ Abstract:

Gold, a precious metal, is arguably the most widely used metal across jewelry and coinage due to its physical properties that are unique to the world of metals. Not only is it a good conductor of heat and electricity, it is unaffected by air and most reagents. It is also used in a wide range of industrial, scientific, and medical applications. More than half a century ago, researchers unveiled the fancy textures on gold surfaces at the nanoscale. Significant efforts have been made toward a better understanding of the surface structures on the atomic scale.

Headline: The 'dense' potential of nanostructured superconductors

■ Release Date: 2022.10.6

■ Published by: Shibaura Institute of Technology

■ Keywords: superconductors, magnesium diboride, magnesium

■ Abstract:

Spark plasma sintering (SPS) is a process that uses high-pressure and pulsed electric current to turn powders into dense solids. In a recent study, a team of researchers used SPS to prepare bulk magnesium diboride with a density that reached 95% of the theoretical limit for the material. The highly dense material also exhibited excellent superconducting properties, holding much promise for its applications in superconducting motors, generators, and transport.

Headline: Scientists develop inexpensive device that can harvest energy from a light breeze and store it as electricity

■ Release Date: 2022.10.6

■ Published by: Nanyang Technological University

■ Keywords: wind energy, electricity, sensor

■ Abstract:

Scientists have developed a low-cost device that can harness energy from wind as gentle as a light breeze and store it as electricity.