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Solar-powered reactor shows potential for creating jet fuel with net-zero carbon emissions
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Solar-powered reactor shows potential for creating jet fuel with net-zero carbon emissions

A schematic illustrating how thephotothermocatalytic reactor with an integrated selective solar absorber works. The reactor is shown from the side. Credit: Device (2024)....

Basalt fabric-based cathode enhances solar-powered wastewater treatment
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Basalt fabric-based cathode enhances solar-powered wastewater treatment

(A) Fabrication of the BF-CNT/AgNWs composite cathode material; (B) Experimental setup of the solar-powered electrocoagulation (SPEC) system; (C) Comparative analysis of oil-water emulsions...

Solar-powered method converts sewage sludge into green hydrogen and animal feed
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Solar-powered method converts sewage sludge into green hydrogen and animal feed

Integrated fractionation and upgrading of WAS with simultaneous green hydrogen generation. Credit: Nature Water (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s44221-024-00329-z Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore...

Solar-powered device captures carbon dioxide from air to make sustainable fuel
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Solar-powered device captures carbon dioxide from air to make sustainable fuel

Researchers have developed a reactor that pulls carbon dioxide directly from the air and converts it into sustainable fuel, using sunlight as the...

Solar-powered cookers improving the daily lives of communities in Rwanda
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Solar-powered cookers improving the daily lives of communities in Rwanda

A solar-powered cooking set-up in a family home in Rwanda. Credit: Coventry University Coventry University researchers are easing access to cooked food in...