Scientists Discover New Clean Energy Source That Could Replace Fossil Fuels

Scientists have found a hidden route to materials that could change clean energy and battery technology.

The discovery came from watching what happens while specially designed molecules are heated, instead of looking only at the starting ingredients and the final product.

What appeared in the middle was the real surprise.

Researchers identified previously unseen materials, including a new form of bismuth vanadate, a compound already seen as promising for solar-energy technology.

The findings, published in Nature Communications, suggest that short-lived “in-between” phases in chemical reactions may hold useful properties scientists have been missing.