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3-D printing of lithium-ion technology

Although the technology is still at an early stage, the ability to print batteries and other electronics could make it possible to manufacture new kinds of devices.

New inks and tools allow 3-D printing of lithium-ion technology

A scientist is laying the groundwork for lithium-ion batteries and other high-performing electronics that can be produced with 3-D printers.

Better batteries through biology?

Lithium-air batteries have become a hot research area in recent years: They hold the promise of drastically increasing power per battery weight, which could lead, for example, to electric cars with a much greater driving range.

Better batteries through biology?

researchers have found that adding genetically modified viruses to the production of nanowires — wires that are about the width of a red blood cell, and which can serve as one of a battery's electrodes — could help solve some problems.

Bridging the gap between a bicycle and car

The E-fox velomobile is a great eco friendly electric vehicle that is capable of replacing your car. It's more than an electric bike.

Plan for the construction of a hydrogen refuelling network in Germany

The six partners in the "H2 Mobility" initiative - Air Liquide, Daimler, Linde, OMV, Shell and Total - have set up upon a specific action plan for the construction of a nationwide hydrogen refuelling network for fuel cell powered electric vehicles.

Nanocrystal catalyst transforms impure hydrogen into electricity

Brookhaven Lab scientists use simple, 'green' process to create novel core-shell catalyst that tolerates carbon monoxide in fuel cells and opens new, inexpensive pathways for zero-emission vehicles.

KAIST unveils foldable micro electric car

A group of researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) recently developed a foldable, compact electric vehicle that can be utilized either as a personal car or part of the public transit system to connect major transportation routes within a city.

Supercapacitors gain ascendancy

Life is good for supercapacitors manufacturers and developers.

Crash-testing lithium-ion batteries

Laboratory crash tests show both vulnerabilities and ways to improve the safety of lithium-ion batteries used in electric and hybrid vehicles.

Colloidal Ink Co., Ltd

Colloidal Ink is a recently formed spin-out from Okayama University. IDTechEx awarded Colloidal Ink the best Technical Development Materials Award at its Printed Electronics Conference (Europe) 2013. Colloidal Ink has developed a patented and promising formulation technology which enables rapid sintering of conductive nano inks at room temperature. They have so far demonstrated their conductive paints using gold nanoparticles and are also developing nano silver in their pipeline. Their samples today are conductive paints and the formulation will have to be modified to create screen- or inkjet- printable inks. Colloidal Ink is now in the sample distribution mode.

Concept skyscraper generates its own energy using wind

STRAWSCRAPER is an extension of the south tower on Södermalm in Stockholm with a new energy-producing shell covered with hairs that can extract wind energy.

A giant leap to commercialization of polymer solar cell

Researchers have demonstrated high-performance polymer solar cells with power conversion efficiency of 8.92% which is the highest values reported to date for plasmonic PSCs using metal nanoparticles.

Nanowires grown on graphene have surprising structure

When a team of University of Illinois engineers set out to grow nanowires of a compound semiconductor on top of a sheet of graphene, they did not expect to discover a new paradigm of epitaxy.

Less than one week to IDTechEx' Energy Harvesting & Storage Europe

Next week Energy Harvesting & Storage and WSN & RTLS Europe will open at the ICC Berlin, Germany on April 17-18 (www.IDTechEx.com/EH). The events are co-located with Printed Electronics Europe, Graphene LIVE! and Supercapacitors Europe - with over 1,400 people already pre-registered.

Q&A on energy harvesting, wireless sensors, wireless sensor networks

IDTechEx recently contacted some of the most prominent potential users of energy harvesting, wireless sensor and wireless sensor networks, trying to gauge the state of the technology, as well as the barriers for adoption that might delay further implementations in different verticals. The questions were simple, although the answers rarely are.

Energy harvesting comes to market

Energy harvesting - harvesting abundant energy from the environment to power small devices or assist larger devices - has secured a sure foot-hold in building and industrial markets, powering wireless sensors to improve efficiency, reduce costs and increase automation.

World record battery performance using yolk-shell design

Scientists have set a world record for energy storage, using a clever "yolk-shell" design to store five times more energy in the sulfur cathode of a rechargeable lithium-ion battery than is possible with today's commercial technology.

Multi walled carbon nanotubes for interconnects

Using a new method for precisely controlling the deposition of carbon, researchers have demonstrated a technique for connecting multi-walled carbon nanotubes to the metallic pads of integrated circuits without the high interface resistance produced by traditional fabrication techniques.