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

Renewable energy sources are becoming increasingly popular. However, such energy can be wasted if an excess is available when it’s not yet needed. A particularly relevant example is solar power; solar ...

Researchers have developed a new way to transform food waste into high-performance materials that can store and regulate heat ...

Researchers have developed a new class of sustainable energy storage materials by transforming agricultural waste into ...

A team at Nanjing Forestry University has turned balsa wood into a solar heat battery. By infusing lightweight balsa ...

A new heat storage material could help to significantly improve the energy efficiency of buildings. It can be used to store surplus heat and release it back into the environment when needed. Unlike ...

Scientists at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and the University of Leipzig in Germany have developed a new heat-storage material. They claim it improves the energy efficiency of ...

Heat is released from the manganese oxide material when water molecules enter into its layered structure. Courtesy: Tohoku University A form of manganese oxide that incorporates water between its ...

Scientists have created a new material derived from seaweed that can store heat for re-use. It could be used to capture summer sun for use in winter, or to store heat from industry that currently goes ...

Essentially, when the material is exposed to enough heat the water molecules stored inside it gain energy and are released to the air around it. This now-dehydrated material effectively stores that ...