Scientists freeze and cut a battery in half to look inside and reveal why it fails.
Understanding defects paves the way for longer lifetimes for sodium-ion batteries -- and lower energy storage costs.
Researchers find a way to improve the stability of hybrid organic-inorganic crystals called mixed halide-perovskites, a promising material for solar cells.
Scientists map atomic-level changes in the components of a running internal combustion engine using neutron techniques.
Biological production of acetone and isopropanol by gas fermentation captures more carbon than it releases.
A material with a disordered rock salt structure could help make batteries safer, faster-charging, and able to store more energy
Understanding Ions’ Subtle Molecular-Level Interactions Allows Scientists to Tune the Melting Point
A new catalyst design meets cost, activity, and durability goals by leveraging ultralow loadings of platinum with platinum-free supports.
A first-of-its-kind computer simulation reveals self-healing cement for geothermal and oil and gas wells performs better than originally thought.
Window material repeatedly switches from being see-through to blocking the heat and converting sunlight into electricity.
Iron may be more valuable than platinum. Sometimes.
Precise control of surface chemistry leads to efficient, stable perovskite solar cells.
