Green plants capture light that spans the visible solar spectrum, and while a broad spectral range is required for sufficient absorption, the process requires energy to be funneled rapidly and efficiently downhill to drive charge separation and water splitting.

Perovskites — a broad category of compounds that share a certain crystal structure — have attracted a great deal of attention as potential new solar-cell materials because of their low cost, flexibility, and relatively easy manufacturing process.

Scientists have discovered a new process to make polymers out of sulfur which could provide a way of making plastic that is less harmful to the environment.

Phosphate is a key element in many processes in the body and essential for global food production.

Hydrogen, the second-tiniest of all atoms, can penetrate right into the crystal structure of a solid metal.

As the solar industry has grown, so have some of its inefficiencies.

Strategies for growing biomass for fuel can have ecological and environmental benefits.

A new distribution system designed by researchers at the University of Waterloo would reduce electricity prices by more than five per cent while also improving service reliability.

Scientists have used a Nobel-Prize winning Chemistry technique on a mixture of metals to potentially reduce the cost of fuel cells used in electric cars and reduce harmful emissions from conventional vehicles.

Imagine a world where smartphones, laptops, wearables, and other electronics are powered without batteries.