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Introduction of Coatema's new Minicoater at Printed Electronics Europe

Printed Electronics Europe 2010 is one of the World's largest events on printed and organic electronics. Coatema Coating Machinery, one of the pioneers in these fields with installations at VTT, Holst Centre, IPMS Dresden, IAP Potsdam and several other leading R&D institutions worldwide is going to present a new development for small-scale, cost-efficient and multifunctional R&D roll to roll equipment.

Summary from Virginia Tech's Annual Energy Harvesting Workshop

About 90 people from seven countries attended this fifth annual energy harvesting workshop in Roanoke, VA, USA, which serves as an excellent platform to air the latest technical progress with energy harvesters.

Oled100.eu wins - best ICT for energy efficiency project

The European Commission's ICT for Energy Efficiency (ICT4EE) has granted its Best ICT4EE Award to the OLED100.eu project. OLED100.eu has received the First Place Award for its ICT contribution by showing that adoption of OLED lighting can lead to substantial improvements in energy efficiency and for its efforts to educate the public and disseminate the OLED (organic LED) lighting vision.

Heliatek fill key position with an industry experienced specialist

2nd important replacement with experience in the industry at Heliatek

CONTACT researches the use of carbon nanotubes in various applications

The demands placed on new, high-tech materials are continually increasing, and existing material systems are reaching their limits. Due to their exceptional electrical and mechanical properties, carbon nanotubes offer high potential for use in diverse applications.

So-Light project for OLED displays and special lighting released

So-Light project for OLED displays and special lighting released

Heliatek receives US$ 27 million

Heliatek GmbH, a pioneer in the field of organic solar cells, is receiving US$ 27 million (€ 18 million) in a second round of financing under the lead of the pan-European venture capital firm Wellington Partners.

Solarion AG claims world record efficiency level

World record: 13.4 % conversion efficiency in solar cells on plastic film

11 partners conduct research on new OLED materials

H.C.Starck Clevios GmbH announced that it has launched a project called "New materials for OLEDs from solutions" (NEMO) together with Merck KGaA and other renowned partners from industry and science

Energy harvesting workshop Barcelona

On November 5 Xarmae and the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research sponsored a half day workshop on "Energy Harvesting Technologies: A general Overview".

World record: 13.4 % conversion efficiency in solar cells on plastic

A new record efficiency of 13.4% for Copper-Indium-Gallium-Diselenide solar cells (CIGS) on a plastic substrate produced on an industrial roll-to-roll system had been recorded by Solarion AG from Leipzig, Germany.

HYPOLED consortium announces new partner and important milestones

The consortium for the HYPOLED project, co-ordinated by Fraunhofer IPMS, has announced collaboration with MicroOLED following the bankruptcy of MicroEmissive Displays late last year.

Joint venture for the development and production of OLED light modules

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and several employees of the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS) plan to combine forces with the Zumtobel Group of Austria to form a joint venture company Ledon OLED Lighting.

Energy-autonomous sensors for aircraft

Aircraft maintenance will be easier in future, with sensors monitoring the aircraft skin. If they discover any dents or cracks they will send a radio message to a monitoring unit. The energy needed for this will be obtained from temperature difference.

Interactive OLED eyeglasses with microdisplays available in 2 years

Microdisplays based on OLEDs for multimedia applications like video and data display could be available within a couple of years according to Fraunhofer IPMS.

Innovalight achieves record efficiency silicon ink solar cell

Innovalight has demonstrated a record 18 percent conversion efficiency with silicon-ink processed solar cells.

Organic Solar Cells reach 6% confirmed efficiency

Heliatek GmbH develop organic solar cells consisting of so called "small molecules" - organic dyes which are synthesized from hydrocarbons.

Printed batteries could be integrated into bank cards

A new printed battery that can be produced cost-effectively on a large scale could soon power small integrated displays on electronic bank cards.

Huge increase in printed electronics toolkit

This year has already seen a huge increase in the choice of electronic components that can be printed or are compatible with printing in that they are thin, flexible and can support further printed circuitry on top.

Energy Harvesting and Storage Conference - Day Two

The second day of the IDTechEx conference on Energy Harvesting and Storage in Cambridge UK was dedicated to the technology roadmap.