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HZB Sets New World Record for CIGS Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells

"We are confident that CIGS-perovskite tandem cells can achieve much higher efficiencies..."

07-Feb-2025 - Combining two semiconductor thin films into a tandem solar cell can achieve high efficiencies with a minimal environmental footprint. Teams from HZB and Humboldt University Berlin have now presented a CIGS-perovskite tandem cell that sets a new world record with an efficiency of 24.6%, certified ...

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From CO2 to acetaldehyde: Towards greener industrial chemistry

This breakthrough tackles two environmental issues at once

07-Jan-2025 - Acetaldehyde is a vital chemical used in making everything from perfumes to plastics. Today, its production largely relies on ethylene, a petrochemical. But increasing environmental concerns are pushing the chemical industry to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels, so scientists have been ...

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Cobalt-copper tandem successfully converts carbon dioxide to ethanol

Sustainability in the focus of chemical research

14-Oct-2024 - The continuing release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is a major contributor to global warming and climate change with increased extreme weather events. Scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have now presented a method for effectively converting carbon dioxide into ...

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Heavy Metals in the Ocean Become More Toxic

How Climate Change Impacts Contaminants in the Sea

11-Oct-2024 - Toxic trace elements such as lead, mercury, arsenic and cadmium occur naturally in small quantities in coastal seas. However, human activities such as industry and agriculture contribute significantly larger amounts. A new study has examined how climate change is already affecting the ...

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Innovative Research Unveils News Path to Ethanol Production from CO2

Discovery represents a significant step forward in understanding in the quest for sustainable energy solutions

12-Sep-2024 - In a cutting-edge study published in the journal „Energy & Environmental Science“, researchers from the Interface Science Department at the Fritz Haber Institute have introduced a novel method for converting the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) into ethanol, a sustainable fuel. This ...

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'Made in Germany': Battery recycler cylib to scale strategic critical raw material production for Europe

Battery recycling is critical to Europe’s supply of strategic critical raw materials for resilient battery infrastructure

11-Sep-2024 - Sustainable end-to-end battery recycling firmcylib today breaks ground on its first European industrial plant located at Currenta’s Chempark Dormagen in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. One year after the commissioning of its pilot line in Aachen, cylib is marking the start ...

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When copper becomes transparent

European XFEL creates exotic matter

31-Jul-2024 - Experiments at European XFEL generate states of matter close to what occurs in the interior of planets or in the imploding capsule of an inertial fusion reactor. At the same time, they open up a way to measure ultra-short phenomena. Exploring the extreme conditions reached in the interior of ...

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On the way to emission-free mining: extracting metals with microorganisms

Innovative process for the bioleaching of copper, indium and zinc developed

12-Jul-2024 - Microorganisms work in an underground bioreactor and convert ores or residual materials from mining into the valuable metals copper, indium and zinc. Innovative membrane filters then filter the valuable metals from the resulting process water. In a pilot plant of a current mining project near ...

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Will the climate transition be a battle of materials?

Heavy additional demand for commodities like cobalt, lithium, copper, aluminium and iron: Countermeasures include behavioural changes in mobility, housing and nutritin

06-Jun-2024 - As things stand today, global demand for cobalt and lithium for e-car batteries will increase almost twenty-fold by 2050. By then, the development of a fossil-free power supply will require a lot of copper, aluminium and iron, and the respective demand is likely to roughly double. Rare earth ...

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The energy and mobility transition: Sending demand for critical raw materials soaring

Demand for important minerals such as lithium, nickel and copper will be as much as 15 times higher in 2040 than in 2020

19-Apr-2024 - The world's industrial base and the global economy are undergoing a fundamental transition away from fossil fuels towards a carbon-neutral future. The shift to clean energy and electric drivetrains in the automotive and transportation sectors is sending the global demand for certain raw materials ...

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