Green technology

Green technology

Breakthrough in Sustainable Energy: Ultrafast Laser Material Interactions Enhance Emissivity

A team of researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has made a significant discovery in sustainable energy, demonstrating ultrafast femtosecond laser-material interactions to transform diverse materials into near-blackbody surfaces with high thermal stability. This breakthrough enhances radiative energy transfer, crucial for high-temperature energy harvesting technologies, including thermophotovoltaics (TPVs) and grid-scale