New material may help convert CO2 into fuel using light
When exposed to visible light, the material, a “spongy” nickel organic crystalline structure, converted carbon dioxide (CO2) into carbon monoxide (CO) gas, which can be further turned into liquid fuels, solvents, and other useful products.
Jul 31, 2017, 19:32 PM ISTNew material may double solar cell efficiency
Conventional solar cells are at most one-third efficient, a limit known to scientists as the Shockley-Queisser Limit.
Apr 09, 2017, 16:23 PM ISTThin, low-cost material acts as air conditioner
When applied to a surface, the metamaterial film cools the object underneath by efficiently reflecting incoming solar energy back into the space while simultaneously allowing the surface to shed its own heat in the form of infrared thermal radiation.
Feb 11, 2017, 14:38 PM ISTThis new material makes accessing data, writing convenient - Read
Scientists have come up with a new perovskite material with unique magnetic properties that can be used to build next-generation hard drives, making writing and accessing data on them easy.