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Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say their polymer coating could be used to protect photovoltaic modules, due to its impermeability to gases. The team has demonstrated that a ...

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A self-healing hydrogel improves zinc battery stability, limits corrosion and dendrites, and supports flexible cells that ...

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