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SoftBattery Plus Technology at Printed Electronics Europe

Enfucell Oy will be releasing the new SoftBattery® Plus Technology at the Printed Electronics Europe trade show in Berlin on April 1-2, 2014.

Sea-Tac Airport unveils electrification project

Airplanes get most of the attention at an airport, but a new project to convert the rest of the vehicles on the airfield from fossil fuels to electric power is about to save millions of dollars and tons of greenhouse gases at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

What do you need to know about printed, organic, flexible electronics?

What do you need to know about printed, organic and flexible electronics to drive your business in this field?

The multi-billion dollar future of e-textiles

The brand new IDTechEx Research report E-Textiles: Electronic Textiles 2014-2024 External Link has a particular focus on the narrow definition of those entirely reliant on e-fibers for electronic, electro-optic and electrical functionality.

New battery technology employs multifunctional materials

The electrodes in batteries typically comprise three components: active materials, conductive additives, and binders. Now, a team of researchers has discovered a "sticky" conductive material that may eliminate the need for binders.

DuPont shares new research on OLED lighting

DuPont Microcircuit Materials (DuPont) will present initial research findings about new screen printable nano-silver conductor ink developments for grids and bus lines in Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) lighting and other printed electronics applications at the ID Tech-Ex Printed Electronics Europe Conference External Link in Berlin, Germany, from April 1-2.

Winnick & Company invests in T+ink

T+ink has announced that Winnick & Company has become its largest shareholder, and Gary Winnick has been named chairman and CEO.

Extreme temperatures affect Electric Vehicle driving range, AAA Says

According to new AAA research conducted with the AAA Automotive Research Center in Southern California, electric vehicle range can be reduced by an average of 57 percent based on the temperature outside.

Efficiency record with 40% transparent organic solar cells

Heliatek GmbH has reached a new record in the efficiency of transparent solar cells. The latest development allows transparency levels up to 40% with an efficiency of over 7%.

FP7 MATFLEXEND project for flexible energy harvesting devices

Fraunhofer IZM leads the newly started FP7 MATFLEXEND project, which will provide wearable, flexible energy harvesters that can be manufactured in a low-cost printing process, and durable materials for such purpose.

RFID market grows 15% in one year - to $8.9 billion in 2014

New research conducted by IDTechEx finds that the RFID market - including tags, readers, software and services, for passive and active RFID - will grow from $7.77 billion in 2013 to $8.9 billion in 2014.

Conductive ink market- photovoltaic, touch screen and other sectors

IDTechEx is analysing the markets and technologies for conductive inks and pastes in this article series. In the previous article, IDTechEx provided overall ten-year market forecasts for conductive inks and pastes segmented by sector, and also outlined the competitive landscape for silver flake, silver nanoparticle and copper/silver alloy pastes and inks. In this article, IDTechEx takes a closer look at the photovoltaic and touch screen (edge electrode) markets. IDTechEx will also briefly examine other markets segments too.

Living materials can conduct electricity

Inspired by natural materials such as bone — a matrix of minerals and other substances, including living cells — engineers have coaxed bacterial cells to produce biofilms that can incorporate nonliving materials, such as gold nanoparticles and quantum dots.

Efficiency record with 40% transparent organic solar cells

Heliatek GmbH has reached a new record in the efficiency of transparent solar cells. The latest development allows transparency levels up to 40% with an efficiency of over 7%. The company already holds the world record of 12% cell efficiency for opaque (non-transparent) organic solar cells.

Nanotube composites increase efficiency of next gen of solar cells

Carbon nanotubes are becoming increasingly attractive for photovoltaic solar cells as a replacement to silicon. Researchers have discovered that controlled placement of the carbon nanotubes into nano-structures produces a huge boost in electronic performance.

Toppan Printing

Toppan Printing has been working on printed electronics for a number of years with a particular focus on developing printing processes for making fully-printed organic thin film transistors and backplanes.

World's first flexible multi-functional timer available at PE Europe

World's first flexible multi-functional timer to be distributed at Printed Electronics Europe.

Tesla's Battery Coup - Winners and Losers

Ground breaking news were announced by Tesla at the end of February 2014. This is their intention to build a lithium battery manufacturing plant with a capacity of 35 GWh/year by 2020, this is the so called "Gigafactory". Read this article in order to understand what is the impact of these plans to the whole industry.

New, stretchable antenna for wearable health monitoring

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new, stretchable antenna that can be incorporated into wearable technologies, such as health monitoring devices.

Spintronic thermoelectric power generators

Imagine a computer so efficient that it can recycle its own waste heat to produce electricity. While such an idea may seem far-fetched today, significant progress has already been made to realize these devices.