Journal of the American Chemical Society

Researchers develop high-capacity, temperature-tolerant li-ion battery

The Journal of the American Chemical Society recently published a study investigating advanced lithium ion battery applications for commercial electric vehicles.

University sets new record for kesterite-based solar cells

University of Luxembourg sets new European record for kesterite-based solar cells.

BlackBox takes out license to print semiconductors and more

BlackBox a new subsidiary of Shrink Nanotechnologies has entered into a worldwide multi-year exclusive license with the University of Chicago

Energy harvesting rubber sheets

Power-generating rubber films developed by Princeton University engineers could harness natural body movements such as breathing and walking to power pacemakers, mobile phones and other electronic devices.

Camera flash turns an insulating material into a conductor

An insulator can now be transformed to conduct electricity by an ordinary camera flash.

Nanoparticle ink could print solar cells like newspaper

Nanoparticle inks could be used to print solar cells like newspaper, or painted onto the side of buildings or rooftops to produce electricity.

Nanoparticle ink could print solar cells like newspaper

Nanoparticle inks could be used to print solar cells like newspaper, or painted onto the side of buildings or rooftops to produce electricity.

Researchers develop new method for producing transparent conductors

Researchers at UCLA have developed a new method for producing a hybrid graphene-carbon nanotube, or G-CNT, for potential use as a transparent conductor in solar cells and consumer electronic devices.

Plastic solar cells for portable electronic devices

Plastic solar cells to power portable electronic devices may be available in 2011 predict Solarmer Energy Inc.

Chemist devises self assembling organic wires

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.

Team proves bridge from conventional to molecular electronics possible

NIST, USA have set the stage for building the "evolutionary link" between the microelectronics of today built from semiconductor compounds and future generations of devices made largely from complex organic molecules.

Israelis Dope Organic Thin Films

Scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel together with colleagues from the U.S.A., recently succeeded in being the first to implement doping in the field of molecular electronics - the development of electronic components made of single layers of organic (carbon-based) molecules.