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SOLEXEL licenses methods for thin-film solar cell technology

SOLEXEL licenses methods for thin-film solar cell technology

Multi-key harvesting batteryless remote control

Arveni demonstrated the first infra-red, single button harvesting, batteryless TV remote control in November 2009 for IPTV provider SFR. This batteryless remote has been chosen by the Museum of Science of Paris, as one of the 10 worldwide most significant innovations in 2009 and is now on show at the Tech Galerie.

Toppan Forms organic photovoltaic & RF harvested products

Organic photovoltaics currently has a life of 2-3 years and is sold under a one year guarantee, the first volume success being solar bags. Toppan Forms is now trialling organic photovoltaics in many consumer and merchandising applications as well as trialling other printed electronics products for these applicational sectors, including ones employing RF harvesting.

Printable sensors

The cellphone is switched off but immediately springs into action at the point of a finger. It is not necessary to touch the display. This touchless control is made possible by a polymer sensor affixed to the cellphone which, like human skin, reacts to the tiniest fluctuations in temperature and differences in pressure and recognizes the finger as it approaches.

Electromobility: fast-tracking innovation

Battery systems, chargers, wheel hub motors - in the cars of the future, what will the components look like, and how will they interact with each other?

Toppan Forms to test markets with printed electronics

Toppan Forms, a leading information management solution provider, will start to test market product applications by combining various printed electronics technologies. Unlike conventional electronics, printed electronics are not rigid and can be converted into different shapes and sizes. Innovative products such as a battery charger in the shape of brief case or POP displays for marketing can be customarily designed and manufactured. Test marketing will start this summer and full scale marketing is expected to start in 2011.

Progress with flexible photovoltaics

In the last six months, IDTechEx has finally obtained working samples of many types of flexible photovoltaics - amorphous silicon, dye sensitised solar cells, copper indium gallium diselenide and organic.

Nano scratch testing

The introduction of printed circuitry with the use of silver nano particles often called silver nano-inks, has brought value to electronic markets by reducing application material costs, increasing production throughput, adding new functionality to existing products, and enabling new applications.

Scientists address 'Wrinkles' in Transparent Film Development

A closer look at a promising nanotube coating that might one day improve solar cells has turned up a few unexpected wrinkles, according to new research* conducted at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and North Dakota State University (NDSU)—research that also may help scientists iron out a solution.

Integrated energy scavenging and storage system

Aurora Flight Sciences designs and builds robotic aircraft and other advanced aerospace vehicles for scientific and military applications, and has now been selected for an award through the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) to develop an integrated energy scavenging and storage system for portable electronics, unmanned vehicles, and weapons systems.

Thin film photovoltaics focus: Photovoltaics Europe 2010 Germany

With a multitude of topics covered in the different conference tracks, the photovoltaics sessions attracted significant amount of interest. The main reason is the growth of photovoltaics technologies and thin film platforms in specific, but also the interest of a large number of solar cell developers in discovering new applications, other than rooftop and solar farm installations which have, by now, become highly competitive.

Zinc oxide components improve

Zinc oxide components improve

New finance director appointed for Eco City Vehicles

Eco City Vehicles, a developer and supplier of eco-friendly commercial vehicles and the London licensed taxi, have appointed David Charles Trendle as Finance Director.

Smoothing the way for economic flexible OLEDs

Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are nowadays synonymous with next generation lighting, which could replace common light-bulbs in a couple of years. They convert electricity very efficiently into light of high quality. However, existing OLEDs on the market are costly and mostly deposited on rigid materials such as glass. The development of flexible, organic light-emitting diodes, which can be manufactured on an industrial scale, promises economies of scale and accordingly broader marketing of the environmentally sound and highly efficient devices.

IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe award winners

IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe award winners

Cambrios awarded a DOD contract

Cambrios Technologies Corporation have been awarded a DOD contract to produce lightweight, flexible, cost-effective solar energy photovoltaics (PV). Known for its development of ClearOhm™, a transparent, conductive, liquid material used in the manufacture of various electronics, this contract represents Cambrios' first public announcement regarding the feasibility of using this material as the electrode of a photovoltaic cell. Cambrios has selected thin film solar module developer Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. as its research partner for the duration of the contract.

Closing in on a carbon-based solar cell

Closing in on a carbon-based solar cell

Spherical solar cells demonstrated

At the recent PV Expo 2010 in Tokyo, Kyosemi Corporation demonstrated their Sphelar® solar cells, which is the trademark given to a proprietary spherical solar cell product.

SunRay Scientific launches ZTACH adhesives for flexible electronics

SunRay Scientific, a leader in solutions for flex circuit and printed electronics manufacturing, has announced that it is launching UV cured ZTACH™ anisotropic conductive adhesives for assembly of flexible electronics. The UV cured ZTACH™ anisotropic conductive adhesives, which are designed for fine pitch interconnects on flexible substrates, will be complementary to SunRay's existing heat cured ZTACH™ adhesives which are designed for lead free assembly on rigid substrates.

Applied Quantum Technology secures $10M in venture funding

Applied Quantum Technology, a leading developer of low-cost CIGS (copper-indium-gallium-diselenide) thin-film solar cells, has secured $10 million in venture funding.