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Solar-to-Hydrogen Water Splitter Outlasts Next Best Tech By 14x

Cars That Think

Using solar energy (or other renewable energy sources ) to split water delivers sustainability , while recent research has made key inroads toward efficiency and scalability. By contrast, the sustainable solar-to-hydrogen approach has concentrated on photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting. According to the U.S.

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Falling Domestic Fares and an A.I. Arms Race: What Travelers Can Expect in 2024

Baua Electric

While interest in Scandinavia is rising, Mr. Smith said the priority for most of his clients is to book major destinations like Italy and France while there are still accommodations. Brunvoll’s clients are eyeing destinations off the beaten path, they are also booking popular places like Italy, Spain, Portugal, France and Britain.

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Graphene Flagship team develops powerful graphene-titania photocatalyst to reduce NOx

Green Car Congress

Now, the Graphene Flagship team working on photocatalytic coatings, coordinated by Italcementi, HeidelbergCement Group, Italy, developed a new graphene-titania composite with significantly more powerful photodegradation properties than bare titania.

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Audi going to the moon; Audi lunar e-quattro rover

Green Car Congress

The lunar rover is powered by a solar panel the total surface area of which measures around 30 square centimeter; a compact lithium-ion battery is located centrally in the chassis with energy capacity sufficient for the 500-meter drive required by GLXP contest rules.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Mauro Rampini, 2004 Prius by Rampini Mauro, using EAA-PHEV method with components from Plugin Supply , May 10, 2008 (Arluno, Italy, EU), contact solare. Motors Ltd, Toyota Prius by ETVM team, January 2009 (Herzliya, Israel), info@etvmotors.com Nikki and Kate Gordon-Bloomfield, 2004 Prius, by Self, February 2009 (Bristol, England).

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