The semiconductor used here is zinc oxide (zincite), which is obtained by taking a strip of zinc and heating it with a blow torch. This creates spots of zinc oxide on the strip, which can then be ...
The team wondered if zinc oxide might also help rice plants maintain their yields during heat waves. To find out, the researchers planted rice in a climate-controlled greenhouse.
A team comprising researchers from the University of California San Diego and battery company ZPower developed a silver-oxide-zinc battery with an areal energy density about 5 to 10 times higher ...