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2015

Perovskites provide big boost to silicon solar cells

Stacking perovskites, a crystalline material, onto a conventional silicon solar cell dramatically improves the overall efficiency of the cell, according to a new study.

2014

Building a new nanowire for solar cells

Scientists have found a novel way to make nanowires from a light-absorbing lead-containing material called a perovskite, which is used in the new generation of solar cells.

Robotic fabric could bring active clothing, wearable robots

Researchers are developing a robotic fabric that moves and contracts and is embedded with sensors, an approach that could bring "active clothing" and a new class of "soft" robots.

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.

Huge new influx of partners to the Graphene Flagship project

To coincide with Graphene Week 2014, the European Commission is proud to announce that the Graphene Flagship, one of the largest-ever European research initiatives, is doubling in size.

TOSA buses power up for less

In Geneva, ABB Sécheron and its partners have just concluded a successful pilot operation of their electric bus system TOSA.

Smart RFID Labels with CMOS and Printed Sensors

Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne, Switzerland

Europe at the heart of innovations in printed electronic sensors

As the next Printed Electronics Europe event is now less than 2 weeks away, it is opportune to take a closer look at the successes of the printed electronics industry in Europe. One of the areas where Europe is making a huge impact is in printed sensors.

2013

Low cost thin film photovoltaic device with high energy efficiency

A group of researchers has developed a thin film low cost photovoltaic device with high power conversion efficiency.

Stanford engineers build basic computer using carbon nanotubes

Unprecedented feat points toward a new generation of energy-efficient electronics.

New record efficiency for dye solar cells

This independently certified efficiency result eclipses all previous certified public records and is now the official world-record for Dye Solar Cell technology performance.

Recent Advances in Printed Smart Sensing RFID Labels

Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne, Switzerland

Green conversion of heat to electricity

Soon, it will be possible to produce electricity from heat over 30 degrees emitted from a waste incinerator, refinery, or data processor. The start-up Osmoblue, based in the Swiss Institute of Technology EPFL's Laboratory of Microsystems has, confirmed the feasibility of this new concept.

DSSCs: Slow growth forecasted for 3rd generation solar technology

The market for dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) is forecasted to slowly grow to over $130 million by 2023 according to market research company IDTechEx, as discussed extensively in the newly published report Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSC/DSC) 2013-2023: Technologies, Markets, Players.

Nanowire solar cells raise efficiency limit

Scientists have shown that a single nanowire can concentrate the sunlight up to 15 times of the normal sun light intensity.

Solaronix

EU project to take flexible OLEDs from lab to fab

A newly launched, €11.2-million European project aims to help bring flexible OLEDs to market within six years.

2012

Flexible, light solar cells could provide new opportunities

MIT researchers have produced a new kind of photovoltaic cell based on sheets of flexible graphene coated with a layer of nanowires.

Thin-Film Sensors on Soft, Elastic Substrates

EPFL, Switzerland

One-molecule-thick material has big advantages

A new research suggests that was just the beginning: A whole family of two-dimensional materials may open up even broader possibilities for applications that could change many aspects of modern life.

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