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Air of optimism returning to the PV industry

The IDTechEx Printed Electronics and Energy Harvesting events focus on emerging thin and/or flexible photovoltaic technologies. This co-located event will cover printed electronics, energy harvesting, supercapacitors, wearable technologies and 3D printing and will attract in excess of 2,500 attendees and 200 exhibitors.

Benchmarking printing methods & assessing printing type by application

This article companies the different types of printing technologies used in printed electronics. Here, we compare screen, inkjet, gravure, and offset printing. We also assess the applicability of different printing techniques for each layer of displays, lighting, photovoltaics, sensors, logic, and energy storage devices.

Sunflower energy brings solar power to remote locations

The system can concentrate the sun's radiation 2,000 times and convert 80 percent of it into useful energy to generate 12 kilowatts of electrical power and 20 kilowatts of heat on a sunny day — enough to power several average homes.

Electrically conductive plastics promising for batteries, solar cells

An emerging class of electrically conductive plastics called "radical polymers" may bring low-cost, transparent solar cells, flexible and lightweight batteries, and ultrathin antistatic coatings for consumer electronics and aircraft.

Engineering new vehicle powertrains

Car engines - whether driven by gasoline, diesel, or electricity - waste an abundance of energy. Researchers are working on ways to stem this wastefulness.

Sharp

Sharp was the first company to commercialize IGZO technology for LCD panels. Sharp started mass production of IGZO backplanes in 2012. LGD is planning to use IGZO technology for the production of their OLED TV.

Toshiba

Toshiba's interest in OLED technology has fluctuated over the past ten years, but they are now active in both display and lighting applications. In 2011 Toshiba showed an ultra-thin (0.1mm) flexible 3" 160x120 OLED display prototype weighing just one gram.

New ways to extend smartphone battery life

Three research groups have received $1.3 million in combined funding to improve energy management in smartphones.

Skin-Like device monitors cardiovascular and skin health

A new wearable medical device can quickly alert a person if they are having cardiovascular trouble or if it's simply time to put on some skin moisturiser.

How to make a perfect solar absorber

The key to creating a material that would be ideal for converting solar energy to heat is tuning the material's spectrum of absorption just right.

IDTechEx: Electric Vehicles - A $533 billion credible prospect

Electric Vehicles on a roll, with the global market forecast for all hybrid and pure electric vehicles expected to exceed $533 billion in 2025.

Robot fleet observes marine life in the open ocean

A fleet of seven robotic vehicles were launched into the ocean off southwest England this week, in the most ambitious project of its kind in Europe. The vehicles are aiming to travel up to 300 miles over the next 20 days, and will be collecting scientific data about ocean processes and marine life.

Printed, organic and flexible electronics markets

IDTechEx, the global market research, technology scouting and events firm, finds that in 2014 three technologies - OLED displays, sensors and conductive ink - make up 99% of the $23.97 billion market for printed, organic and flexible electronics.

Award winning 2-in-1 motor for electric cars

cientists from Nanyang Technological University and German Aerospace Centre have invented a 2-in-1 electric motor which increases the range of electric vehicles.

Zero Motorcycles delivers 2015 model line

Zero Motorcycles has announced its 2015 model line with premium new standard equipment including Showa suspension, Bosch anti-lock brake systems and Pirelli tires.

Printed Electronics USA tradeshow exceeds 150 exhibitors

Whether you are trying to find customers, establish an eco-system of partners, raise funds or sell your company, Printed Electronics USA is the tradeshow for you.

Research shows how giant clams harness the sun

Evolution in extreme environments has produced life forms with amazing abilities and traits.

Smallest pin shaped lithium ion battery

Panasonic Corporation has announced that it has developed a Pin Shaped Lithium Ion Battery (CG-320, nominal capacity 13mAh) with a diameter of 3.5mm and a weight of 0.6g suitable for powering small devices such as wearable devices.

New nanomaterial introduced into electrical machines

Engineers have constructed the world's first electrical motor applying a textile material; carbon nanotube yarn.

Crumpled graphene could provide an unconventional energy storage

Researchers have now found that crumpling a piece of graphene "paper" — a material formed by bonding together layers of the two-dimensional form of carbon — can actually yield new properties that could be useful for creating extremely stretchable supercapacitors to store energy for flexible electronic devices.