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IoT, energy harvesting and storage & printed electronics

Powering the internet of things: simple words to type but not necessarily the simplest of tasks to undertake. This article explores synergies between IoT, energy harvesting and storage and printed electronics.

Wearable tech for disease monitoring

A new wearable vapor sensor being developed could one day offer continuous disease monitoring for patients with diabetes, high blood pressure, anemia or lung disease.

Project reduces EV battery weight by 41%

UK-based Cenex is part of a consortium which has just completed a two-year project to reduce both the weight and cost of EV batteries, succeeding by shaving 99 pounds, or about 41% of the weight off a standard EV battery.

Running on waste heat

Researchers have now created a thermoelectric generator (TEG) — a one-square-inch, quarter-inch-thick module — that turns waste heat emitted by vehicles into electricity to lend those vehicles added power.

SouthWest NanoTechnologies Inc announces $2.7 million new financing

SouthWest NanoTechnologies Inc has received $2.7 million in new financing in two transactions.

Woven, Smart Skin & Structural Supercapacitors for EVs and Other Uses

Supercapacitors continue to improve faster than lithium-ion and lead-acid batteries, something pointed out by Bombardier and IDTechEx some time ago. There is near consensus that commercial Li-ion batteries will not improve more than a factor of two in cost and energy density in the next decade.

Dyes help harvest light

Researchers have developed zinc porphyrin dyes that harvest light in both the visible and near-infrared parts of the spectrum.

Holey graphene bridges gap between supercapacitors and batteries

Researchers have used a special type of graphene material, called holey graphene framework because of its three-dimensional perforated structure, to advance the energy density of an electrochemical capacitor to levels equal to those of lead acid batteries.

OCSiAl

OCSiAl was formed three years ago but only came out of stealth more in Q1 2014. OCSiAl has raised substantial funds and has also recently acquired Zyvex Nanotechnologies, a USA company that specialized in producing CNT composites and launched many high-profile technology demonstrators. OCSiAl is bringing to the market a carbon nanotube (CNT) offering that contains >75% SWCNT (single-walled carbon nanotubes) and is competitively priced.

Raymor Industries, Inc.

Raymor Nanotech is a division of the Raymor Industries, a Canadian private company located near the Montreal area. It initially started supplying spherical titanium powdres synthesized using a plasma atomisaiton method. In 2010 it started work on single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and the titanium activity has since been acquired (dec 2013) by Arcam for a reported fee of $35 million. Raymor has also acquired NanoIntegris (operating as a subsidiary) which brings value in the post processing steps of CNT production, i.e., purifying and separating metallic and semiconducting ones.

AU Optronics

AU Optronics (AUO), headquartered in Taiwan, was formed in 2001 during the merger of Unipac and Acer Display. Since 2000, the company has been working intensely on the research and development of OLEDs. The milestones in the evolution of this technology include a 65-inch full-HD television in 2013 (Oxide TFT and FMM OLED patterning), and a 5-inch display with a resolution of 443 pixels per inch (ppi) in 2013.

Webinar 19 August: Functional Materials for Supercapacitors 2015-2025

IDTechEx are hosting a free webinar on Tuesday 19 August.

Devices for organic high-capacity memories

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has announced that Kamal Asadi, a physicist at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, receives the Sofja Kovalevskaja Award of the foundation.

Rosetta, first solar powered space mission to rendezvous with a comet

The solar cells in Rosetta's solar panels are based on a completely new technology, so-called Low-intensity Low Temperature Cells. Thanks to them, Rosetta is the first space mission to journey beyond the main asteroid belt relying solely on solar cells for power generation.

Internet of Things, energy harvesting & storage & printed electronics

Powering the internet of things: simple words to type but not necessarily the simplest of tasks to undertake.

Internet of Things, energy harvesting & storage & printed electronics

Powering the internet of things: simple words to type but not necessarily the simplest of tasks to undertake.

Thermoelectric energy harvester market to reach almost $1bn in 2024

In recent years that interest has increased regarding new applications of power generation through thermoelectric harvesting. IDTechEx research forecasts that the market for thermoelectric energy harvesters will continue to grow and reach over $950 million by 2024.

Nanoscale details of electrochemical reactions in EV battery materials

Using a new method to track the electrochemical reactions in a common electric vehicle battery material under operating conditions, scientists have revealed new insight into why fast charging inhibits this material's performance.

Ovation Polymers named as a SWeNT certified compounder

SouthWest NanoTechnologies manufacturer of single-wall, few-wall and multi-wall carbon nanotubes for printed electronics, energy storage and composites applications has added Ovation Polymers to its "SWeNT Certified Compounder" program for its line of SMWTM Specialty Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotubes products.

Samsung Display

Samsung Display (SDC) is the leading manufacturer of AMOLED displays. SDC was spun off in April 2012 as a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics. In July 2012 Samsung Mobile Display was merged into Samsung Display, consolidating the OLED and LCD businesses together. This profile specifically looks at the AMOLED side.