Technical University of Denmark

Flow Battery Stores Power in Simple Organic Compound

The intermittent supply of green electricity requires large-scale storage to keep our power grids stable. Since normal batteries do not scale very well, the idea of using flow batteries, which store electricity in a fluid is attractive. However, these batteries contain rare metals and are expensive. Scientists have designed a flow battery electrolyte that may solve both problems.

BluSense

BluSense Diagnostics is an in vitro diagnostics company with core technology in microfluidics and immuno-magnetic assays for point-of-care testing of infectious diseases. IDTechEx analyst Andy Ko spoke with BluSense CEO Maarten van der Linden and CSO Dr Marco Donolato on 29/10/2021.

World's Smallest Fruit Picker Controlled by AI

Physicists have studied whether valuable chemical substances can be harvested directly from the cells of plants. Using a harvester measuring only a few microns, they have now achieved a technological breakthrough.

Lithoz GmbH

Lithoz GmbH is an Austrian-based company manufacturing and selling ceramics 3D printers and materials using their Lithography-based Ceramic Manufacturing (LCM) technology. IDTechEx spoke with Isabel Potestio, Business Development & Sales Manager at Lithoz GmbH.

BioPhero

BioPhero is a Danish company developing new methods of producing insect pheromones that can be used to control pests without needing environmentally damaging synthetic pesticides.

Breakthrough in the search for graphene-based electronics

For 15 years, scientists have tried to exploit the "miracle material" graphene to produce nanoscale electronics. On paper, graphene should be great for just that: it is ultra-thin - only one atom thick in fact and therefore two-dimensional, it is excellent for conducting electrical current and should be ideal for future forms of electronics that are faster and more energy efficient.

Optimising management of microgrids

Guillermo Domínguez, Catalonia Institute for Energy Research said that future power systems with high penetration of renewable generation and ICT will facilitate better controllability and observability of the grid. However, new challenges for low voltage distribution networks have arisen where the increasing distributed generation is mainly PV installed on the roofs of buildings.

Storing electricity in paper

Researchers have developed power paper - a new material with an outstanding ability to store energy.

X-ray imaging paves way for novel solar cell production

Scientists have developed a method that can reliably produce efficient tandem plastic solar cells of many metres in length.

New catalyst paves the way for eco-friendly fuel

Researchers have developed a platinum-yttrium catalyst which is stable and even more active than the existing platinum catalysts. This paves the way for cheaper fuel cells.

Organic solar cells reach manufacturing milestone

Scientists in Denmark have devised a rapid, scalable and industrially viable way to manufacture large sheets of flexible organic tandem solar cells.

Solar Press and FOM Technologies equipment distribution agreement

Organic Photovoltaic (OPV) technology developer Solar Press has entered into a distribution agreement with specialist equipment company FOM Technologies for the sale of its unique, high performance fabrication and test equipment for functional materials research.

Heraeus Clevios™ PEDOT:PSS Technology in printed organic solar

Fully roll-to-roll printable organic photovoltaic energy cells (OPV's) have been produced by the Technical University of Denmark, Department of Energy Conservation and Storage (DTU) using printed Clevios™ PEDOT:PSS from Heraeus Conductive Polymers Division rather than traditional vacuum processed Indium Tin Oxide.

The Clean4Yield project

The Clean4Yield project will work to develop new technologies capable of inspecting moving foils for micro- and nanoscale dust particles and defects, and for cleaning / repairing layers as necessary.