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Scientists grow organic semiconductor crystals vertically

Scientists have discovered a way to make organic semiconductors more powerful and more efficient.

Electric Vehicles: Everything is Changing 2015, Nov 18-19, Santa Clara

What to expect at the Future Battery Technology Session at IDTechEx's Electric Vehicles: Everything is Changing Show!

Transparent coating cools solar cells to boost efficiency

The hotter solar cells get, the less efficient they become at converting the photons in light into useful electricity.

Stretchable electronic skin with interactive colour changing

Some animals, such as the chameleon and cephalopod, have the remarkable capability to change their skin colour. This unique characteristic has long inspired scientists to develop materials and devices to mimic such a function.

Graphene and phosphorene upgrade sodium ion battery

A new material comprising interspersed layers of graphene and phosphorene has been shown by US researchers to be a more stable, more conductive and higher capacity anode for sodium ion batteries than previous materials.

Amprius

Amprius is a spinout of Stanford University working on silicon nanowire anodes for Li-ion batteries. Their target market is that of high altitude pseudo-satellites (HAPS), thanks to a specific energy of 400 Wh/kg.

$75 million DoD funding for flexible hybrid electronics hub

The Obama administration will award a Manufacturing Innovation Institute for Flexible Hybrid Electronics to a consortium of 162 companies, universities, and non-profits led by the FlexTech Alliance.

A partnership to secure and protect the emerging Internet of Things

National Science Foundation and Intel Corporation team to improve the security and privacy of computing systems that interact with the physical world using a new cooperative research model.

Wireless, fully implantable device powered by body movement

A blue glowing device the size of a peppercorn can activate neurons of the brain, spinal cord or limbs in mice and is powered wirelessly using the mouse's own body to transfer energy.

Campus will be living lab for interconnected sensors, gadgets

Carnegie Mellon University will turn its campus into a living laboratory for a Google-funded, multi-university expedition to create a robust platform that will enable Internet-connected sensors, gadgets and buildings to communicate with each other.

3D printing garbage off the planet

AlphaPura is a global initiative to fund and develop 3D printers capable of repurposing the bulk of meltable human garbage on Earth into new products, and into global solutions.

Single-catalyst water splitter produces clean-burning hydrogen 24/7

Scientists have invented a low-cost water splitter that uses a single catalyst to produce both hydrogen and oxygen gas 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Researchers stretch a thin crystal to get better solar cells

An interdisciplinary team has made a semiconductor crystal with a variable band gap.

New 'designer carbon' boosts battery performance

Scientists have created a new carbon material that significantly boosts the performance of energy-storage technologies.

Trees are source for high-capacity, soft batteries

A method for making elastic high-capacity batteries from wood pulp was unveiled by researchers in Sweden and the US.

First metal-free catalyst for rechargeable zinc-air batteries

Researchers have made what they believe is the first metal-free bifunctional electrocatalyst that performs as well or better than most metal and metal oxide electrodes in zinc-air batteries.

Bendy battery provides safe alternative to conventional batteries

Stanford University scientists have invented the first high-performance aluminum battery that's fast-charging, long-lasting and inexpensive. Researchers say the new technology offers a safe alternative to many commercial batteries in wide use today.

New kind of 'tandem' solar cell developed

Researchers have developed a new kind of solar cell that combines two different layers of sunlight-absorbing material in order to harvest a broader range of the sun's energy.

Royole Corporation

Royole develops the technology to manufacture flexible AMOLED displays. In 2014, the company demonstrated a flexible display with a thickness of only 10 microns. They are based in the Silicon Valley and in Shenzhen (China).

Semiconductor works better when hitched to graphene

Graphene shows great promise for future electronics, advanced solar cells, protective coatings and other uses, and combining it with other materials could extend its range even further.

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