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Bubbles help break energy storage record

Foam-based graphene keeps oxygen flowing in battery that holds promise for electric vehicles.

MEMS energy harvester for shock-induced energy harvesting in car tires

Imec and Holst Centre have announced that they have made a micromachined harvester for vibration energy with a record output power of 489µW.

Layer of gold nanodots could improve organic solar cell efficiency

A layer of gold nanodots on the surface of indium-tin oxide (ITO) coated glass may improve the efficiency of organic photovoltaic cells, according to new research published in the journal, Gold Bulletin. The paper, written by an international team from France and Denmark, explains how a discontinuous film of gold nanodots just 0.5nm thick is sufficient to generate the performance improvement.

Metalonix name change to Liquid X Printed Metals, Inc.

Metalonix, Inc., a ground-breaking provider of functional metallic inks, is pleased to announce its official corporate name has changed to Liquid X Printed Metals, Inc. ("Liquid X"). Liquid X spun out of Carnegie Mellon University in 2010 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Zhong Lin Wang receives recognition for innovative technology

Wang, a physicist who joined Georgia Tech in 1995, has almost single handedly launched a new field of research that takes advantage of the unique properties of zinc oxide nanostructures.

Nanoparticle electrode for batteries

Stanford researchers have used nanoparticles of a copper compound to develop a high-power battery electrode.

Elaphe seek partners for in-wheel motors

Elaphe is a startup in Slovenia that has just demonstrated axial flux, permanent magnet synchronous traction motors of unusually high power-to-weight and torque-to-weight ratio.

Giant piezoelectric effect to improve energy harvesting devices

Researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Materials Research Institute at Penn State are part of a multidisciplinary team of researchers from universities and national laboratories across the U.S. who have fabricated piezoelectric thin films with record-setting properties.

World's first 3D touch panel product

The world's first three dimensional touch panel product, is being developed by Nissha and Unidym.

Researchers demonstrate future of computing

Researchers demonstrate future of computing with graphene, racetrack and carbon nanotube breakthroughs. Prototypes developed for first time in real-world manufacturing environments are critical step towards transferring research into commercial devices.

Energy harvesting for vehicles

Energy harvesting comes to the fore with electric vehicles because the price they pay for being environmental and exhibiting many performance advantages is that they have limited energy available.

PolyPlus lithium battery named one of top inventions for 2011

The PolyPlus lithium battery uses ordinary seawater or air interacting with lithium to deliver unprecedented energy density levels.

Heliatek achieves new world record for organic solar cells

Heliatek GmbH, a global leader in high-end solar PV technology, has once again set a new world record for organic solar cells after Fraunhofer ISE CalLab certified a cell efficiency of 9.8 % for a 1.1 cm² tandem cell manufactured with a low temperature deposition process.

Flexible circuit technology, 4th edition now available

Technology never sleeps, and the five years that have passed since the previous edition of Flexible Circuit Technology was released have provided a substantial amount of new material for the all-new fourth edition of Flexible Circuit Technology, edited by 40-year electronics interconnection industry veteran Joseph Fjelstad and coauthored with some the world's top interconnection technologists.

Soldier power regeneration kit

SPaRK is a biomechanical energy harvester, a device that is attached to a Soldier's boots to harvest energy, while the Soldier is walking, that can be used to power batteries.

New R2R Linear Source allows PECVD deposition and Plasma Etching

New R2R Linear Source allows PECVD deposition and Plasma Etch for Flexible Electronic Applications

Transportable, autonomous EV charging stations

There are many reasons for creating an electric vehicle charging station based on a large battery. For example, Green Charge Networks in the USA (Prosser and ConEdison) finds that a remarkable 7-12% of installations there need local grid upgrade so they have developed a transportable, dedicated substation for this purpose which contains a 26 kWh lithium-ion battery roughly equivalent to that in a Nissan Leaf, and appropriate contacted outlets, including for Level 3 fastest charging.

Heliatek achieves new world record for organic solar cells

Heliatek GmbH has once again set a new world record for organic solar cells after Fraunhofer ISE CalLab certified a cell efficiency of 9.8 % for a 1.1 cm² tandem cell manufactured with a low temperature deposition process.

Stretching electrical conductance to the limit

Individual molecules have been used to create electrical components like resistors, transistors and diodes that mimic the properties of familiar semiconductors. But according to Nongjian (NJ) Tao, a researcher at the Biodesign Institute at ASU, unique properties inherent in single molecules also may allow clever designers to produce novel devices whose behavior falls outside the performance observed in conventional electronics.

Ink-jet printed circuits for OLED displays

UCLA researchers demonstrate fully printed carbon nanotube transistor circuits for displays.