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UK researchers use graphite to waterproof perovskite solar cells

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A cheaper, cleaner and more sustainable way of making hydrogen fuel from water using sunlight is closer with new research from the University of Bath’s Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies. The Bath team instead used commercially available graphite, which is very cheap and much more sustainable than indium.

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Electricity vs Hydrogen: Why is electrification the first choice for fleets?

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Universality In the U.S., Electricity is abundant, relatively cheap, and can be easily delivered to any place with a plug. In 2019, an incident occurred at a hydrogen refueling station located in Sandvika, just outside the capital city of Oslo, Norway. Here are a few reasons why electricity is the clear choice for fleets: 1.

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Waterloo power management strategy greatly enhances durability of on-board fuel cells in FC-PHEV

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Researchers at the University of Waterloo (Canada), with a colleague in Sweden, have used a power management strategy greatly to extend the durability of onboard fuel cells in a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle: an increase of 1.8, times, respectively, for an urban, highway and a combined urban-highway driving cycle. 2019.02.040.

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Russian researchers find simple, efficient way to strengthen aluminum-based composite materials

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Scientists from the Russian National University of Science and Technology MISIS have doped aluminum melt with nickel and lanthanum to create a material combining benefits of both composite materials and standard alloys: flexibility, strength, lightness. Letyagin (2019). A paper on their research is published in Materials Letters.

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Stanford researchers develop new electrolysis system to split seawater into hydrogen and oxygen

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Hongjie Dai and his research lab at Stanford University have developed a prototype that can generate hydrogen fuel from seawater. Developing cheap electrocatalysts and electrodes that can sustain seawater splitting without chloride corrosion could address the water scarcity issue. Image credit: Courtesy of H. —Hongjie Dai.

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Spirit Airlines Is on Shaky Footing After Judge Blocks JetBlue Deal

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billion in 2019. In addition, Spirit’s expenses have increased more than 60 percent since 2019 because of higher wages for pilots and flight attendants and pricier jet fuel. She said Spirit’s cheap flights and influence on other airlines’ prices gave Americans “an equal opportunity to travel.” It now owes about $6.6

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SpaceX fires up rocket for second NASA spacecraft launch in two weeks

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A telescope designed to survey some of the most extreme environments in the known universe, IXPE was originally meant to launch on the small but expensive and oft-delayed Pegasus XL rocket and weighs about 325 kilograms (720 lb) as a result. Static fire test complete – targeting Thursday, December 9 at 1:00 a.m.

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