External press release
22 Jan 2020

Finalists Announced for 2019 R&D 100 Awards
Finalists for the venerable R&D 100 Awards have been announced by R&D World magazine and its new parent company, WTWH Media, LLC.
27 May 2019

Highly Flexible High-energy Textile Lithium Battery
Researchers have developed a highly flexible, high-energy textile lithium battery that offers more stable, durable and safe energy supply for wearable electronics with a myriad of applications, such as in healthcare monitoring, intelligent textiles, smartphones, Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking and Internet of Things.
14 Jul 2017

Sprayable sensing network technology
The sprayed sensors can be networked, to render rich real-time information on the health status of the structure under monitoring.
25 Apr 2017

Space technologies improve surgeries back on earth
Researchers in Hong Kong have developed a novel surgical robotic system that provides tactile feedback and is capable of single-incision and natural orifice robotic surgery. The system minimizes surgical trauma and is safer than currently available robotic systems.
24 Apr 2017

Novel semiconductor nanofiber with superb charge conductivity
The Department of Mechanical Engineering of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University has developed a novel technology of embedding highly conductive nanostructure into semi-conductor nanofiber.
21 Apr 2016

Perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells with highest power conversion
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has successfully developed perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells with the world's highest power conversion efficiency of 25.5% .
24 Dec 2015

Energy storage devices created by printing with Manganese Dioxide ink
MnO2 has always been regarded as an ideal material for the electrodes of energy storage devices.
5 Nov 2015

Semitransparent perovskite solar cells with graphene electrodes
A researcher has developed the first-ever made semitransparent perovskite solar cells with graphene as electrode
21 Oct 2015

Body integrated supercapacitor for next generation of electric vehicle
Energy storage has long been the most critical challenge for electric vehicles or hybrid electric vehicles. There is a new trend of using supercapacitors to complement or even replace batteries as energy storage devices to improve the vehicles' performance.
14 Sep 2015

Semitransparent perovskite solar cells with graphene electrodes
Developing transparent or semitransparent solar cells with high efficiency and low cost to replace the existing opaque and expensive silicon-based solar panels has become increasingly important due to the increasing demands of the building integrated photovoltaics systems.
29 Jan 2014

Electrical current sensors harvest wasted electromagnetic energy
The chip can be placed on any sensing point of interest such as electrical cables, conductors, junctions, bus bars, etc. to detect electrical currents.
7 Oct 2011

PolyU wins industry's support to promote solar energy on the road
With strong support from the industry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has garnered momentum to further promote the use of its award-winning Solar-powered Air-conditioning System for installation on different types of vehicles, which now include mini-bus, taxi, public light bus and truck.
18 Aug 2011

Warmed-up organic memory transistor has larger memory capacity
Scientists show that non-volatile memory made from a sandwich of silver nanoparticle-laced plastic retains its on/off state over a wider voltage range when operating at toasty temperatures.
1 Sep 2010

Researchers break new ground in nanotechnology
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has shown that sandwiching a simple layer of silver nanoparticles can significantly improve the performance of organic transistors which are commonly used in consumer electronics.
6 May 2009

More on printed electronics in Hong Kong
Dr Peter Harrop of IDTechEx continues his report from Hong Kong on just a few examples of printed electronics and energy harvesting developments in this vibrant city.
29 Apr 2009

Printed harvesting in Hong Kong
Dr Peter Harrop of IDTechEx reports from Hong Kong on just a few examples of printed electronics and energy harvesting developments in this vibrant city.