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Printing microbatteries the size of a grain of sand

3D printing can now be used to print lithium-ion microbatteries the size of a grain of sand.

Flexible energy harvesting: enabling new form factors in electronics

Flexible portable electronics, in order to retain their versatility would benefit from harvesters and batteries or supercapacitors on plastic substrates.

Quantum Materials' tetrapod quantum dots break Kasha's Rule

Since 1950, Kasha's Rule 1, a principle of photochemistry, held true that if a source of light excited a molecule enough, the molecule would fluoresce in a single color.

Catalyst could jumpstart e-cars, green energy

Scientists have designed a new type of nanostructured-carbon-based catalyst that could pave the way for reliable, economical next-generation batteries and alkaline fuel cells, providing for practical use of wind- and solar-powered electricity, as well as enhanced hybrid electric vehicles.

Webinar - 3D printing: An overview

IDTechEx, the leading market research firm covering printed electronics and emerging materials will explain some of its findings in this free webinar which includes data from the new IDTechEx report "3D Printing 2013-2025: Technologies, Markets, Players".

The electric vehicle business: new developments

IDTechEx find that pure electric car sales in 2013 will be 70,000 vehicles rising to 2 million in 2023, versus 2 million hybrid vehicles this year rising to 7.6 million in 2023.

Concentrator solar cell with world's highest conversion efficiency

Sharp Corporation has achieved the world's highest solar cell conversion efficiency of 43.5% using a concentrator triple-junction compound solar cell.

Second hybrid ferry launches on the Clyde

A cutting edge ferry, which is the second of two unique 'hybrid' vessels, has been launched on the Clyde at Ferguson's shipyard in Port Glasgow.

Visualplanet

Visual Planet is a niche Cambridge-based company offering very large-sized transparent touch sensors. Their technology is based on a fine metal wire mesh concept, which enables low-cost but large-sized solutions. They key target markets are interactive digital signage and advertisement. A key selling point is their ability to customize the sensor layout and performance in this fragmented space.

Sleeping bag or shorts can charge mobile devices

Vodafone UK unveiled its Power Shorts and Recharge Sleeping Bag prior to the Isle of Wight Festival - two innovations that have the capability to harvest body heat and movement to boost the battery life of mobile devices at summer events.

Diamonds, nanotubes find common ground in graphene

What may be the ultimate heat sink is only possible because of yet another astounding capability of graphene.

Unzipped nanotubes unlock potential for batteries

Researchers at Rice University have come up with a new way to boost the efficiency of the ubiquitous lithium ion (LI) battery by employing ribbons of graphene that start as carbon nanotubes.

Will graphene supercapacitors be the best?

Questions arise as to how much supercapacitors can improve if organisations more like NASA took over. After all, if supercapacitors can replace many batteries when, as today, they store one tenth of their energy, what will happen in the marketplace if they approach the theoretical ten times the lithium-ion battery figure while acting as a near-perfect "battery"?

New 'electronic nose' nano-sensor being developed

The "electronic nose" sensor will be further refined to detect deadly pathogens including toxic pesticides in the global food supply chain, according to a recently signed product development and distribution agreement.

Lithium-ion battery could be recharged up to 10,000 times

After 10,000 complete charging and discharging cycles with a complete charge and discharge cycle per hour (2 C), the lithium batteries still have more than 85 % of the initial capacity.

Energy harvesting returns to the forefront

2008 to 2010 saw huge enthusiasm and interest in the development of small energy harvesters.

Applications for thermoelectric energy harvesters

Thermoelectric generators are devices that based on the Seebeck effect, convert temperature differences into electrical energy. Although thermoelectric phenomena have been used for heating and cooling applications quite extensively, it is only in recent years that interest has increased in energy generation.

New integrated plastic display system

deZign enables the user to change the content of a timetable at the push of a button, instead of having to manually replace paper timetables at stations and stops.

Stanford scientists develop high-efficiency zinc-air battery

Scientists have created an advanced zinc-air battery with higher catalytic activity and durability than similar batteries made with platinum and other costly catalysts. The results could lead to the development of a low-cost alternative to conventional lithium-ion technology widely used today.

Low-voltage display driver with complementary organic logic

Thinfilm Demonstrates Low-voltage Display Driver with Complementary Organic Logic for Printed Electronics. Begins installation of manufacturing line for 50 million integrated printed electronic systems.