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09 2020-09
New, flexible solar cells that can be deployed in space.
On December 27, 2019, a flexible, solar cell system based on shape memory polymer composites (SMPCs) developed by Professor Leng Jingsong and associates at HIT (Harbin Institute of Technology) successfully flew into space. -
10 2020-10
?Orange peel is used to extract valuable metals from used batteries.
Singaporean scientists have discovered that these metals can be recycled through a more environmentally friendly technology--the main ingredient being orange peel waste. -
10 2020-10
New electrode material allows lithium batteries to withstand 5 times the safe charging current.
A research team at Texas A&M University thought of incorporating carbon nanotubes into the electrodes of lithium metal batteries to achieve higher and safer charging.