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Researchers develop novel technique to convert thermoelectric material

The current US energy economy and environment are increasingly threatened by fast-dwindling domestic reserves of fossil fuel coupled with severe environmental impact of fossil fuel combustion.

Pressure cooking to improve electric car batteries

By creating nanoparticles with a controlled shape, researchers believe smaller, more powerful and energy efficient batteries can be built.

IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA 2013 award winners

Each year the Printed Electronics industry recognizes and awards outstanding achievement to those involved in the rapidly growing printed electronics business. The annual awards were announced at the tenth annual IDTechEx Printed Electronics event this week in Santa Clara, California - the world's largest event on the topic.

Invisible printed electronics using carbon nanotubes

Researchers have demonstrated the first fully printed and invisible electronics using carbon nanotubes.

Better batteries through biology?

Lithium-air batteries have become a hot research area in recent years: They hold the promise of drastically increasing power per battery weight, which could lead, for example, to electric cars with a much greater driving range.

PragmatIC Printing standard range of flexible IC logic products

PragmatIC Printing Ltd has announced a new family of flexible IC (integrated circuit) products designed to mirror the functionality of the de-facto standard 7400 series.

UK Sensors expertise featured in mission to Silicon Valley

The Energy Harvesting SIG is in the US this week with a group of UK companies at 'Energy Harvesting and Storage USA.'

Scientists invent self-healing battery electrode

Researchers have made the first battery electrode that heals itself, opening a new and potentially commercially viable path for making the next generation of lithium ion batteries for electric cars, cell phones and other devices.

InkTec launch a Transparent Conductive Film with Novel Properties

IDTechEx recently met InkTec at their headquarters in South Korea. The public company was formed in 1992 and had annual sales of $75 million in 2012. The printed electronics division, which includes transparent silver ink, silver paste, coated items & patterned products, has grown with an annual CAGR of 21% since 2008 and in 2012 accounted for 25% of the company's sales.

Harvesting low velocity currents

The Deep Green 'underwater kite' marine power plant is now producing electricity in the waters off Northern Ireland.

Analyzing the Profits in the Printed Electronics Market in 2013

According to IDTechEx research, the market for printed and potentially printed electronics, including organics, inorganics and composites, will rise from $16.04 billion in 2013 to $76.79 billion in 2023.In this article, we will detailed the market size and forecast by application, highlight which companies are making money and why, and discuss the main go-to-market strategies.

New battery design concept

Efforts to produce a workable design for a rechargeable lithium-air battery with respectable commercial performance have been going on for years. Problems have appeared to be insoluble.

Cure for crack-prone high-capacity batteries

Researchers have shown that mixing silicon microparticles with self-healing polymers helps prevent a longer-lasting battery from failing.

Kovio Inc

Kovio, Inc., was acquired in January 2014 by Thin Film. The company had developed printed silicon inks which can be used as a semiconductor. The company was founded around 2001, but began by looking to make inks to print antennas for RFID tags but later switched to making inks to print transistors. It developed a printable nano-silicon ink and has focused on printing RFID and anti theft (EAS) tags.

Argen Corporation

This profile summarizes the position of US-based Argen Corporation as a material supplier to the 3D printing industry. The companies current, and possible future, activities in this area are discussed.

Better batteries through biology?

researchers have found that adding genetically modified viruses to the production of nanowires — wires that are about the width of a red blood cell, and which can serve as one of a battery's electrodes — could help solve some problems.

Touch panels based on metal mesh transparent conductive films

O-film Tech Co Ltd., the largest touch panel manufacturer in China and currently ranked No. 2 globally, last Thursday officially announced the start of high volume production of touch panels based on metal mesh transparent conductive films.

EnOcean Alliance takes interoperability to the next level

The EnOcean Alliance has specified the first generic language for the communication of energy harvesting wireless solutions: Generic Profiles.

IDTechEx find industrial and commercial EVs are the winners

As the electric vehicle EV industry grows more than five-fold to well over $300 billion in 2024, those e-vehicles not bought primarily on up-front price will continue to dominate.

Polaris Industries

Polaris Industries is a quoted US manufacturer of small conventional and pure electric vehicles, mainly nostalgic conventional motorcycles and leisure and industrial off-road small four wheelers.