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Research is tackling the need to reduce energy demand, maintain energy supply, increase the efficiency of energy-requiring processes, and develop policy and pricing strategies. To find out more about our research in energy, visit the Energy Interdisciplinary Research Centre (IRC) website. 

When light is absorbed in pentacene, the generated singlet excitons rapidly undergo fission into pairs of triplets that can be efficiently transfered onto inorganic nanocrystals.

Hybrid materials could smash the solar efficiency ceiling

09 Oct 2014

A new method for transferring energy from organic to inorganic semiconductors could boost the efficiency of widely used inorganic solar cells.

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Out of the red and into the blue: making the LED revolution cost-effective

07 Oct 2014

Today, the Nobel Prize for Physics 2014 has been awarded to Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura for their invention of a new energy-...

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Polymer molecular sieves with interconnected pores (in green) for rapid and selective transport of molecules

Advanced molecular 'sieves' could be used for carbon capture

16 Sep 2014

Researchers from the University of Cambridge have developed advanced molecular ‘sieves’ which could be used to filter carbon dioxide and other...

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Implications for Energy

Understanding the implications of climate change for business

05 Sep 2014

A new online resource, which summarises the implications of climate change for specific sectors of the economy, has been produced and made freely...

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Overlooking the Thames

New research aims to improve energy efficiency, cut carbon emissions and reduce costs

07 Aug 2014

Cambridge project is among those benefiting from £3 million Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) funding.

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Professor Jeremy Baumberg

Royal Society honours Cambridge scientists

06 Aug 2014

The Royal Society has announced the recipients of its awards, medals and prizes for 2104.

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Complex shapes of carbon nanotubes

A new way to make microstructured surfaces

05 Aug 2014

Method can produce strong, lightweight materials with specific surface properties.

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LEDs made from perovskite

LEDs made from ‘wonder material’ perovskite

05 Aug 2014

Colourful LEDs made from a material known as perovskite could lead to LED displays which are both cheaper and easier to manufacture in future.

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Chemists develop MRI technique for peeking inside battery-like devices

01 Aug 2014

A team of chemists from the University of Cambridge and New York University has developed a method for examining the inner workings of battery-like...

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Agriculture

Two million hectare shortfall in UK land possible by 2030, study finds

26 Jun 2014

Cambridge-hosted industry platform calls for joint action plan with government

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Light in, light out: the ‘rock’ that breaks the rules

26 Jun 2014

Perovskite materials are the newest contender for breaking the silicon ceiling in solar cell technology. But they don’t just absorb light. Cambridge...

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Cobalt oxide

Nanomaterials Up Close: Cobalt oxide superlattice

23 Jun 2014

These individual particles of cobalt oxide have been engineered to form a superlattice or 3D mesh structure to improve their chemical activity...

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