MIT just released directions for commercializing perovskite solar cells
Electrek
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
An MIT-led team revealed a “guidebook” for how to tune surface properties of perovskites, a silicon alternative – here’s why that’s huge for solar.
MIT scientists used solar power to make drinking water cheaper than tap water
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OCTOBER 2, 2023
MIT scientists have designed a solar-powered desalination system that turns saltwater into drinkable water at a higher volume – and lower cost. more… The post MIT scientists used solar power to make drinking water cheaper than tap water appeared first on Electrek.
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MIT just released directions for commercializing perovskite solar cells
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FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Photo: Kyoto University An MIT-led team revealed a “guidebook” for how to tune surface properties of perovskites, a silicon alternative – here’s why that’s huge for solar. Their versatility opens up new avenues for solar installations, from urban buildings to portable, off-grid applications.
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MIT researchers develop optimized sulfidation separation process for rare earth and other key metals
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DECEMBER 19, 2021
New processing methods developed by MIT researchers could help ease looming shortages of the essential metals that power everything from phones to automotive batteries by making it easier to separate these rare metals from mining ores and recycled materials. —Antoine Allanore.
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University Of Minnesota & MIT Teams Win American Solar Challenge
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JULY 28, 2022
Earlier this month, we ran an article about the Formula Sun Grand Prix, a track race that also serves as the qualifier for the American Solar Challenge, an overland race for college solar car teams. One of the cool things about this year’s race is that they added classes for slightly more practical cars to […].
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MIT study finds workplace charging and delayed home charging can mitigate electricity demand and cost
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MARCH 20, 2023
A new study by MIT researchers examines these risks and how they amplify or mitigate each other. Trancik (2023) “Strategies for beneficial electric vehicle charging to reduce peak electricity demand and store solar energy,” Cell Reports Physical Science, doi: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2023.101287 Resources Zachary Needell, Wei Wei, Jessika E.
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Scientists have increased the life of fuel cells – why that matters for solar and wind
Electrek
AUGUST 24, 2022
In research that could jumpstart work on a range of technologies including fuel cells – key to storing solar and wind energy – MIT researchers have found a relatively simple way to increase the lifetimes of these devices: changing the “pH” of the system.
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Scientists figured out a way to clean dust off of solar panels without using water
Electrek
MARCH 14, 2022
Dust on solar panels reduces their output significantly, so they need to be kept clean. Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say they have a solution. The post Scientists figured out a way to clean dust off of solar panels without using water appeared first on Electrek.
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Researchers from MIT and Sun Catalytix develop an artificial leaf for solar water splitting to produce hydrogen and oxygen
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
The traces are for solar cells of 7.7% Researchers led by MIT professor Daniel Nocera have produced an “artificial leaf”—a solar water-splitting cell producing hydrogen and oxygen that operates in near-neutral pH conditions, both with and without connecting wires. solar-to-fuels systems. illumination.
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Flexible printed perovskite solar achieves a record 11% efficiency
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MARCH 19, 2024
Photo: CSIRO Researchers led by Australia’s national science agency had an efficiency breakthrough with roll-to-roll flexible printed perovskite solar cells. Printed solar cells are highly efficient, flexible, and decreasing in cost. Printed solar cells are highly efficient, flexible, and decreasing in cost.
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Angela Belcher wins $500,000 2013 Lemelson-MIT Prize
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JUNE 4, 2013
MIT professor Angela Belcher has been named the recipient of this year’s $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize, which honors an outstanding inventor dedicated to improving the world through technological invention. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). One of her recent inventions is a lithium-ion battery powered by engineered viruses.
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Lightyear shelves solar EV plans, hires executives to spearhead solar systems for other OEMs
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JANUARY 16, 2024
Star-crossed startup Lightyear has finally thrown in the towel on attempting to bring its long-promised solar EVs to market – at least one donning its own badge and design language. Like many startups, the solar EV company demonstrated some inspiring and potential industry-changing technology, only to fall short due to a lack of funds.
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MIT researchers develop angle-selective solar thermophotovoltaic system for power generation without using mirrors to concentrate sun’s heat
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DECEMBER 2, 2011
Researchers at MIT have found a way to use thermophotovoltaic devices—solid-state devices that use the sun’s heat, usually concentrated with mirrors, to generate electricity directly—without mirrors to concentrate sunlight, potentially making the system much simpler and less expensive. similar to the greenhouse effect).
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MIT researchers propose subsea version of pumped hydro for renewable energy storage
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APRIL 25, 2013
Researchers at MIT are proposing using a variation on pumped hydroelectric systems for storage of electricity produced by offshore wind farms. The key to this Ocean Renewable Energy Storage (ORES) system is the placement of 30-meter-diameter hollow concrete spheres on the seafloor under the wind turbines. Earlier post.).
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MITEI study finds hydrogen-generated electricity is a cost-competitive candidate for backing up wind and solar
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AUGUST 29, 2021
A team at MITEI (MIT Energy Initiative) has found that hydrogen-generated electricity can be a cost-competitive option for backing up wind and solar. California draws more than 20% of its electricity from solar and approximately 7% from wind, with more VRE coming online rapidly. —Drake Hernandez.
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MIT researchers develop oxygen permeable membrane that converts CO2 to CO
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NOVEMBER 28, 2017
MIT researchers have developed a new system that could potentially be used for converting power plant emissions of carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide, and thence into useful fuels for cars, trucks, and planes, as well as into chemical feedstocks for a wide variety of products.
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ExxonMobil expands participation in MIT Energy Initiative’s low-carbon research; Mobility of Future study
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OCTOBER 22, 2019
ExxonMobil said extended its support of the MIT Energy Initiative’s (MITEI) low-carbon energy research and education mission by renewing its status as a founding member for another five years. ExxonMobil first signed on as a member of the initiative in 2014.
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Liquid Metal Battery Corp secures patent rights from MIT
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JULY 7, 2011
Liquid Metal Battery Corporation (LMBC), a Cambridge, Massachusetts company founded in 2010 to develop new forms of electric storage batteries that work in large, grid-scale applications, has secured the rights to key patent technology from MIT. Patents for all liquid metal battery inventions were licensed from MIT.
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MIT simulations suggest nanostructured topological materials could increase thermoelectric efficiency threefold
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JANUARY 21, 2018
MIT researchers have discovered a way to increase the efficiency of thermoelectric materials threefold by using “topological” materials, which have unique electronic properties. 1715477115.
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207 MIT/Stanford team develops battery technology for the conversion of low-grade waste heat to power; TREC
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MAY 22, 2014
Researchers at MIT and Stanford University have developed new battery technology for the conversion of low-temperature waste heat into electricity in cases where temperature differences are less than 100 degrees Celsius. It is a very promising technology. This is a clever idea, and low-grade waste heat is everywhere.
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New MIT metal-mesh membrane could solve longstanding problems with liquid metal displacement batteries; inexpensive grid power storage
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JANUARY 25, 2018
A new metal mesh membrane developed by researchers at MIT could advance the use of the Na–NiCl 2 displacement battery, which has eluded widespread adoption owing to the fragility of the ?"-Al through the MIT Energy Initiative. Al 2 O 3 membrane. A paper describing the development is published in the journal Nature Energy.
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Total Signs Research Agreement with MIT to Develop New Stationary Batteries for Solar Power; Smaller-Scale Version of All-Liquid Metal Battery Work Supported by ARPA-E
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NOVEMBER 20, 2009
Total has signed a research agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop new stationary batteries that are designed to enable the storage of solar power. This agreement valued at $4 million over five years is part of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), which Total joined as a member in November 2008.
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Shell Becomes Founding Member of MIT Energy Initiative with $25M Investment
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OCTOBER 15, 2010
MIT Energy Initiative Receiving (MITEI) is receiving $25M from Shell to fund the research and development of high-value, sustainable technologies designed to drive innovation in energy delivery. Beginning this year, the research agreement will fund a suite of projects at $5 million per year for the coming five years.
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MIT Energy Initiative announces 2014 seed grant awards
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MARCH 30, 2014
The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) announced its latest round of seed grants to support early-stage innovative energy projects. They can thus be optimized for applications such as carbon capture, wastewater filtration, and natural gas storage, and for use in devices including fuel cells, rechargeable batteries, and solar cells.
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210 Harvard hybrid “bionic leaf” converts solar energy to liquid fuel isopropanol
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FEBRUARY 10, 2015
Scientists from a team spanning Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard Medical School and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have developed a scalable, integrated bioelectrochemical system that uses bacteria to convert solar energy into a liquid fuel. and Onie H. Earlier post.).
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MIT team discovers new family of materials with best performance yet for oxygen evolution reaction; implications for fuel cells and Li-air batteries
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SEPTEMBER 19, 2013
MIT researchers have found a new family of highly active catalyst materials that provides the best performance yet in the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in electrochemical water-splitting—a key requirement for energy storage and delivery systems such as advanced fuel cells and lithium-air batteries. Source: MIT. Grimaud et al.
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MIT Researchers Identify New Low-Cost Water-Splitting Catalyst
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MAY 12, 2010
The Ni-B i films can be prepared with precise thickness control and operate at modest overpotential providing an alternative to the Co catalyst for applications in solar energy conversion. Tags: Catalysts Hydrogen Production Solar. Earlier post.). PNAS published ahead of print doi: 10.1073/pnas.1001859107. 1001859107.
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U Chicago, MIT study suggests ongoing use of fossil fuels absent new carbon taxes
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FEBRUARY 24, 2016
A paper by a team from the University of Chicago and MIT suggests that technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead to the continued use of fossil fuels—oil, gas, and coal—unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions. Their analysis is published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives.
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150 MIT team improves liquid metal batteries for grid-scale storage; lower operating temperature, cost
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SEPTEMBER 22, 2014
Researchers at MIT have improved a proposed liquid battery system that could enable renewable energy sources to compete with conventional power plants. Such systems can be used to match the intermittent production of power from irregular sources, such as wind and solar power, with variations in demand. Earlier post.).
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256 Poll finds strong local and statewide support for extending operations of California’s Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant
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MAY 22, 2022
A November 2021 assessment of Diablo Canyon by a team from Stanford and MIT concluded that delaying the retirement of Diablo Canyon to 2035 would reduce California power sector carbon emissions by more than 10% from 2017 levels and reduce reliance on gas; save $2.6
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This VW-partnered battery maker just pioneered a novel recycling process
Baua Electric
MARCH 4, 2024
Photo: 24M Technologies MIT spinout and battery maker 24M Technologies today debuted a new direct-material battery recycling process for EV batteries and battery storage. In order to find a trusted, reliable solar installer near you that offers competitive pricing, check out EnergySage , a free service that makes it easy for you to go solar.
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52 MIT Researchers Engineer Viruses as Scaffolds for Photocatalytic Water Oxidation
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APRIL 12, 2010
A team of MIT researchers, led by Dr. Angela Belcher, has engineered a common bacteriophage virus (M13) to function as a scaffold to mediate the co-assembly of zinc porphyrins (photosensitizer) and iridium oxide hydrosol clusters (catalyst) for visible light-driven water oxidation. TEM images of the virus-templated IrO 2 nanowires.
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MIT research team finds most efficient oxygen evolution reaction catalyst yet; potential for hydrogen production and rechargeable metal-air batteries
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OCTOBER 28, 2011
A team of MIT researchers lead by Prof. storage options such as direct-solar and electricity-driven water splitting (H 2 O ? Yang Shao-Horn, in collaboration with Prof. The new compound, composed of cobalt, iron and oxygen with other metals (Ba 0.5 The design of cost-effective, highly active catalysts for. H 2 + ½O 2 , and. Mx + O 2 ).
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DOE to re-fund Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis with $75M for solar fuels R&D
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APRIL 29, 2015
The US Department of Energy announced $75 million in funding to renew the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis ( JCAP ), a DOE Energy Innovation Hub originally established in 2010 with the goal of harnessing solar energy for the production of fuel. Earlier post.). Molecular Catalysis. High-Throughput Experimentation.
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150 Panasonic Supporting Two Solar Teams with Li-ion Batteries
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AUGUST 1, 2009
Panasonic Corporation is supporting the Solar Electric Vehicle Team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT SEVT), in its participation of the Global Green Challenge (GGC), to be held in October 2009 in Australia. Under the sponsorship agreement, Panasonic is providing the MIT SEVT team with its 2.9
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150 MIT Report Finds Natural Gas Has Significant Potential to Displace Coal, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Role in Transportation More Limited
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JUNE 26, 2010
Natural gas will play a leading role in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions over the next several decades, largely by replacing older, inefficient coal plants with highly efficient combined-cycle gas generation, according to a major new interim report out from MIT. The Future of Natural Gas: An Interdisciplinary MIT Study.
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240 Separate MIT, IEA reports both outline major expansion in role of natural gas; caution on climate benefits
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JUNE 10, 2011
” The MIT report said that natural gas should be seen as a “ bridge ” to a low-carbon regime, rather than as the ultimate long-term solution itself. MIT: The Future of Natural Gas. Separately, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its own report exploring the potential for a “golden age” of gas. Source: IEA.
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This lithium-free battery startup just raised $78M in Series C funding
Baua Electric
APRIL 4, 2024
Dr. Kripa Varanasi, cofounder of Alsym Energy and professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, said: Battery storage systems can help provide firm capacity to the grid when the sun is not shining and wind is not blowing, but changing climates and hazardous environments demand flexible solutions that can meet a range of needs safely and economically.
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Morris Tanenbaum, Inventor of the Silicon Microchip, Dies at 94
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MAY 12, 2023
A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , he also was a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a member of the MIT board of trustees. Adolf Goetzberger Photovoltaics pioneer Life Fellow, 94; died 24 February Goetzberger was an early proponent of solar energy technologies. in physical chemistry from Princeton.
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144 MIT campus plugs in with new EV charging points
Green Cars News
AUGUST 31, 2012
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has a reputation for its ground-breaking research particularly in the areas of energy, mechanical engineering and medical technology. Recent works have included developments in solar power technology, road infrastructure and electric cars.
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Quantum Information Edge alliance launches to accelerate quantum computing R&D
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JANUARY 6, 2020
The alliance also includes experts from the University of Maryland, Duke University, Harvard University, University of Colorado Boulder, UC Berkeley, Caltech, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of New Mexico.
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A Dragon Comes Home
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MAY 24, 2022
The same is true in reverse, when solar panels lose some of the energy in photons as heat instead of it all being converted into electrons. A thermophotovoltaic (TPV) cell developed by engineers at MIT has eclipsed the 40-percent-efficiency mark. But the tide looks to be turning. Felice Frankel One Large Rat, Hold the Droppings.
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Scientists develop self-healing solar cells
Green Cars News
SEPTEMBER 6, 2010
Scientists have discovered a new way to assemble and repair solar cells which might someday lead to cheaper and longer lasting solar cells. A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a new type of tiny solar cell which mimics the process that plants take in capturing solar energy.
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