Advanced Materials

The German government is investing EUR 2.5 million in a project that will significantly increase the lifespan of organic solar cells (OSC) with the goal of yielding competitive organic photovoltaics (OPV) for potential commercial use.

MICROOLED and CEA-LETI design the most efficient silicon-based OLED microdisplay in the world

H.C. Starck has developed an even more conductive polymer that can be tailor made for printed electronics.

DuPont Microcircuit Materials (MCM), part of DuPont Electronic Technologies, has announced the introduction of a new silver conductive ink formulated for use in printed electronics.

IDTechEx finalises its report on the Intellipak conference held on 5 November in Sweden

IDTechEx report on the Intellipak conference held in Sweden on 5 November that was mainly in Swedish and partly in English with just over 40 attending and excellent content.

Oregon researchers push printed inorganic electronics to higher levels of performance by synthesizing an elusive metal-hydroxide compound in sufficient and rapidly produced yields, potentially paving the way for improved precursor inks that could boost semiconductor capabilities for large-area applications.

A team of chemists at The Johns Hopkins University has created water-soluble electronic materials that spontaneously assemble themselves into "wires" 10,000 times smaller than a human hair.