Beyond the rather low efficiency of today’s solar panels in converting the power of the sun into electricity, the ...

Phase-change materials have been used in lots of applications for a long time. Paraffin is common, because it's cheap and has a low melting point. This is nothing new, except perhaps in their choice ...

The Sun washes our planet in a staggering torrent of power. It beams down more energy in a single hour than human ...

Solar energy has a simple but annoying weakness. It disappears when the sun does.

Renewable hydrogen, made from solar energy through electrolysis, fills this need. Green hydrogen is made by splitting water ...

A close-up of a laboratory glassware setup with clear liquid-filled joints and tubing, secured with a red screw cap that appears illuminated under lab lighting. The apparatus is clamped onto a blue ...

Thermal energy storage is pretty great, as phase-change energy storage is very consistent with its energy output over time, unlike chemical batteries. You also get your pick from a wide range of ...

Centuries ago, alchemists worked furiously to convert the common metal lead to valuable gold. Today, chemists are repurposing discarded solar panels to create valuable organic compounds from carbon ...

Researchers from Spain have created solar panels that are unaffected by rain by combining solar cells with a triboelectric ...