Scientists at Caltech and Northwestern University developed a thin film of iron oxide – rust – to create a new efficient electricity generating method.

Rust, after all, is nothing more than iron oxide. Thin films of it, as the scientists show in a new study, could be used to generate electricity when interacting with salt water.

It’s not unusual to find rust around salt water, but now the pairing might be more useful. Researchers have found that electricity can be produced when salt water flows over the top of thin ...

Environment Rust-based battery connects to an electricity grid for the first time An iron-air battery in the Netherlands, which can store energy for 100 hours or more to make renewable power ...

Rust is a common problem on bridges, cars, and other metal structures, but new research shows that when it’s combined with saltwater, it can also be a source of electricity.

Ultra-thin layers of rust generate electricity from flowing water Date: July 30, 2019 Source: California Institute of Technology Summary: Researchers have shown that iron oxide layers can convert ...

July 30 (UPI) -- Researchers have developed a new way to generate electricity by moving saltwater across thin films of iron oxide, or rust. The discovery, detailed this week in the journal PNAS ...

An iron-air battery in the Netherlands, which can store energy for 100 hours or more to make renewable power sources more consistent, has become the world’s first “rust” battery to connect ...