3 Feb 2012

Printed Electronics for Electric Vehicles
More and more giant corporations are buying into printed electrics by acquiring companies partly or wholly in the field. The world's second largest chemical company Dow bought Rohm & Haas (materials), 3M bought into Printechnologics (printed patterns read by mobile phones) and DuPont bought Innovalight (nanosilicon layers to increase photovoltaic efficiency).
30 Jan 2012

Giants buy into Printed Electronics
More and more giant corporations are buying into printed electrics by acquiring companies partly or wholly in the field.
13 Dec 2011

Growth in printed electronics
Last week IDTechEx held the largest (worldwide) printed electronics and photovoltaics conference and tradeshow in Silicon Valley (Santa Clara Convention Center, California). This show brought together more than 1300 attendees from 28 countries. Players active across the entire value chain were present; covering the full range from research organisations to end-users, and from small start-ups to multi-billion internationals.
12 Dec 2011

IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA 2011 award winners
The annual printed electronics award winners were announced at the IDTechEx Awards Dinner in Santa Clara, California. The awards recognize outstanding progress in the development and commercialization of printed electronics, an industry that produces a huge amount of technical innovation which will be used in many products.
External press release
25 Nov 2011

DuPont Microcircuit materials introduces new silver conductor
Highest conductivity paste available today enables more cost-effective manufacturing
31 Oct 2011

Printed electronics invigorates old electronics
Most of the well-known objectives of printed electronics remain elusive because they are glamorous, Olympian dreams based on some very exciting demonstrations in laboratories.
6 Sep 2011

New approach to e-bike batteries
IDTechEx Technology Analyst Harry Zervos interviewed Leyden Energy's Aakar Patel, discussing the company's battery technology, the attributes that make it a technology that's attracting the interest of electric vehicle, consumer electronic, smart grid and EV developers as well as the company's prospects and aims for the future.
19 Aug 2011

Faster roll-to-roll with photonic curing of specialized conductive ink
DuPont Microcircuit Materials advances printed electronics development efforts by employing NovaCentrix PulseForge® Tools faster roll-to-roll processing possible with photonic curing of specialized conductive inks.
5 Aug 2011

DuPont expands in solar energy with acquisition of Innovalight
DuPont thas announced that it has acquired Innovalight, Inc., a company specializing in advanced silicon inks and process technologies that increase the efficiency of crystalline silicon solar cells.
3 Aug 2011

DuPont expands in solar energy with acquisition of Innovalight
DuPont today announced last week that it has acquired Innovalight, Inc., a company specializing in advanced silicon inks and process technologies that increase the efficiency of crystalline silicon solar cells.
21 Jul 2011

Interview with Leyden Energy
IDTechEx Technology Analyst Harry Zervos interviewed Leyden Energy's Aakar Patel, discussing the company's battery technology, the attributes that make it a technology that's attracting the interest of consumer electronic, smart grid and EV developers as well as the company's prospects and aims for the future.
8 Jun 2011

New world record for solar cell conversion efficiency
New superstrate material poised to enable flexible, lightweight and efficient thin film solar modules.
1 Jun 2011

The FDC and UDC produce flexible, full-color AMOLED prototype displays
The Flexible Display Center (FDC) at Arizona State University and Universal Display Corporation have successfully fabricated the first full-color, flexible active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED) display prototypes using the Center's bond/de-bond manufacturing process, in combination with Universal Display's full-color, top-emission phosphorescent OLED technology and materials.
External press release
22 Feb 2011

Moser Baer & Universal Display's technology & licensing agreement
Moser Baer Technologies and Universal Display Corporation announce technology & licensing agreement for energy-efficient white OLED lighting
21 Feb 2011

Printed electronics - many new directions
Samsung Electronics of South Korea had approximately $132 billion in sales in 2010 and it is prioritising printed electronics for the future, its commitment extending to making its required materials, production machines and components and manufacturing complete products based on this new and versatile technology.
18 Feb 2011

DuPont expands printed electronics research with Holst Centre
DuPont Microcircuit Materials expands printed electronics research with Holst Centre collaboration - New focus on flexible substrates to benefit printed electronics and organic photovoltaics.
External press release
28 Jan 2011

New technology forum focuses on polymer films for photovoltaic, solar
A New Technology Forum at the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) ANTEC® 2011 conference will explore plastics innovations with potential to advance the state of the art in thin-film photovoltaic systems and reflective films for solar concentrator applications, it was announced by SPE.
19 Jan 2011

Smart Skin for Land, Sea and Air Vehicles
Cars that glow in the dark and have far more passenger space, aircraft and submarines that monitor their complete outer surface, military vehicles that destroy missiles that hit them. The common factor here is smart skin.
13 Dec 2010

Dupont Chair & CEO: Addressing energy challenges
Dupont Chair & CEO: Addressing energy challenges will require delivering smarter, more efficient and sustainable solutions.
Demand for Energy will Continue to Grow as World Population Increases, Kullman says at Detroit Economic Club.
29 Nov 2010

Sunvalley's SBIR grant proposal on efficient solar system technology
Sunvalley Solar, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SSOL), a leading solar power technology and solar system integration company, announces the filing for a SBIR (Small Business Innovative Research) grant offered by the Department of Energy (DOE).