Aenert. Research Laboratory newsIn search of more reliable devices for energy storage which are able to power homes, cell phones or e-vehicles, scientists are exploring possibilities of designing batteries without are and hard-to-provide elements. One of the major drawbacks of modern battery technology is that they rely heavily on a scarce metal: cobalt. Cobalt is mainly won in African mines,...
Aenert news. Research Laboratory newsIn the quest for more efficient and reliable methods to store energy, research on new and improved battery technologies plays an important role. One of the key areas which holds great promise are solid-state batteries. A solid-state battery is a battery technology that uses solid electrodes and a solid electrolyte. However despite their great potential there still...
Aenert. Research Laboratory newsHarnessing solar radiation in an efficient and also economical manner is one of the chief interests of today’s energy industry. Alongside conventional silicon panels, perovskites have gradually come into the crosshairs of scientific attention as they are relatively low-cost, lightweight and easily deposited onto most surfaces, including flexible and textured ones....
Aenert. Research Laboratory newsBeing one of the main pathways to carbon neutrality or carbon negativity, the electrochemical reduction of CO2 offers great promise for fuel production. The knowledge that copper is capable of performing this process has been around for more than 50 years. So far copper (Cu) is the only metal material in use. However, despite the fact that copper-based materials...
Aenert. Research Laboratory newsIn our daily lives, we have come to rely heavily on battery technology which plays an important role in many areas including mobile applications, electric tools and, of course, also electric vehicles. Nowadays, most of these devices rely on lithium-ion batteries which are efficient and have a wide range of possible applications. However, lithium-ion batteries also...
Aenert. Research Laboratory newsModern energy systems are becoming ever more complex and interdependent. In order to prepare them for the full transition to green energy production and enable operation at full capacity, you have to have a precise understanding of how the interdependencies work, model and analyse them carefully so that your can monitor and control them properly. Nowadays if, for...
Aenert. Research Laboratory newsToday, inventing enhanced or new sources of energy has become one of the most important tasks of modern engineering science. In this endeavour, particular focus is being placed on developing more efficient and stable perovskite solar cells as they are cheaper and easier to produce than current commercial silicon-based solar cells. Perovskites are a type of solar...
Aenert. Research Laboratory newsThe water gas shift reaction (WGSR) is an exothermic reaction taking place between carbon monoxide and steam to form carbon dioxide and hydrogen. In typical industrial applications, the WGSR is conducted as a two-stage process: the high temperature stage performed over an iron-based catalyst in the temperature range 320 – 450°C; the low temperature stage with ...
Aenert. Research Laboratory newsGraphene is a nanomaterial consisting of carbon atoms which are made up of a single layer of atoms arranged in a two-dimensional honeycomb lattice. The name is derived from graphite and the suffix -ene and describes the nature of the graphite allotrope of carbon which contains numerous double bonds. In a graphene sheet, each atom is connected to its three nearest...
Aenert. Research Laboratory newsThere are several methods to generate power, even if there are no external power sources available. This is particularly useful if you want to make energy systems work independently and not susceptible to power shortages or blackouts. One such method is to use small vibrations, temperature differences in electronic systems and also light and translate them into...
