5 Dec 2016

Innovations in Large-Area Electronics Conference (innoLAE 2017)
A key event for the large-area electronics community, bringing industry and academia together and providing valuable opportunities to share the latest research results and discuss new projects and collaborations.
16 Sep 2016

New test to improve commercial viability of printable electronics
A new, non-destructive, method of measuring the three dimensional orientation of molecules in an organic semiconductor transistor, using Raman spectroscopy.
12 May 2016

Hyundai welcomes first of five new hydrogen fuelling stations, London
Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell drivers now have more options than ever for refuelling, following the opening of a new high-tech site in Teddington, Greater London.
14 Apr 2016

BOC and ITM Power sign hydrogen refuelling & siting agreement
BOC has announced that it has signed an agreement with ITM Power to provide infrastructure for ITM Power's new electrolyser-based hydrogen refuelling stations for passenger cars.
External press release
11 Mar 2016

Seven patents to develop cheaper lighting and flexible solar cells
n November 2012, the TREASORES project (Transparent Electrodes for Large Area Large Scale Production of Organic Optoelectronic Devices) started with the aim of developing technologies to dramatically reduce the production costs of organic electronic devices such as solar cells and LED lighting panels.
2 Mar 2016

IDTechEx announces the winners of Launchpad
IDTechEx Announces the Winners of Launchpad, a New Technologies Initiative. IDTechEx Launchpad will showcase innovations from 10 start-up companies at the IDTechEx Show! (Berlin, Germany 27-28 April 2016).
15 Feb 2016

World leading printed sensing technology for metal tooling application
The Centre for Process Innovation is part of a UK based collaboration that aims to develop novel sensing technologies for the real time monitoring of machined metal parts.
8 Sep 2015

Squishy transistors: a device concept for fast, low-power electronics
An international team of researchers have shown that a new device concept - a 'squishy' transistor - can overcome the predicted power bottleneck caused by CMOS technology reaching its fundamental limits.
2 Jun 2015

NPL VAMAS Organic and Printed Electronics Standardisation Report
NPL, in collaboration with the Versailles Project on Advanced Materials & Standards has prepared a report that details the current landscape of standardisation efforts in organic and printed electronics.
30 Apr 2015

Tracking exploding Lithium-ion batteries in real-time
What happens when lithium-ion batteries overheat and explode has been tracked inside and out for the first time using sophisticated 3D imaging.
26 Dec 2014

Thermoelectric harvesting: Great increase in interest in 2014
Thermoelectric harvesting will be on production hybrid electric on-road vehicles from 2018. It will be commonplace on hybrids in 2020 and almost entirely to charge the battery, or increasingly supercapacitor or supercabattery used for power.
4 Dec 2014

Detecting defects in solar cells
Researchers have developed a new technique for efficiently detecting malfunctioning areas of a PV module.
External press release
4 Nov 2014

Haydale acquires EPL Composite Solutions Ltd
Haydale acquires EPL Composite Solutions Ltd to advance graphene commercialisation capabilities.
30 Jul 2014

Developments from DuPont, NPL and Agfa
After a recent printed electronics event the summary below details exciting progress from three presenting companies - DuPont, the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and AGFA.
9 Jul 2014

Silver fibres - the answer for wearable electronics?
Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have developed a way to print silver directly onto fibres.
2 Jul 2014

From waste heat to useable energy
Thermoelectric devices play an important role in energy management and the recovery of wasted heat. The NexTec project aims to create better thermoelectric modules for the automotive, refrigeration and IT industries.
Event summary
31 Mar 2014

Summary from the Printed Electronics Event in Paris, 26 March 2014
IDTechEx attended the printed electronics conference organised by the French Printed Electronics Association in Paris. Here is a round-up of the latest developments in the field.
14 Feb 2014

Energy harvesting network 2014
The UK's Energy Harvesting Network will be holding its annual one-day dissemination event on 12th March 2014 at Hamilton House, London.
12 Nov 2013

Global research effort to measure nanoscale strain
A particular focus for the consortium is a class of materials (piezoelectrics) that change their shape in response to electric voltages. The project aims to advance commercial opportunities arising from controlled strain in nanoscale piezoelectrics including the development of the first Piezoelectric-Effect-Transistor (PET), a new digital switch with the potential to offer increased speed, reduced microchip size and lower power consumption.
29 Aug 2013

Most accurate traceable measurement of energy harvesting
New tools to accurately measure the output of energy harvesting devices and support European industry in the advancement and application of this low power, waste energy scavenging technology were unveiled today.