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Printed supercapacitor

A group of researchers led by George Gruner at the University of California, Los Angeles, has printed a supercapacitor for the first time.

Thin films and nanotechnology for power

Printed electronics and electrics will be a $335 billion business in twenty years, just for devices primarily made by printing with electronic inks. IDTechEx gives a summary of the projections.

Solarmer has the new organic solar cell world record

Solarmer continues to break world records with 7.6% efficient plastic solar cell

Plastic solar for portable power and beyond

Whilst plastic solar cells are not being widely used to compete with fossil fuels yet, we are seeing an increasing number of companies using their technologies for powering portable electronics.

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.

Flexible CIGS photovoltaics increases capability

Copper indium gallium diselenide CIGS is the favourite formulation in the CIS copper indium diselenide family of photovoltaic devices.

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.

A solution for reducing manufacturing costs for CIGS solar panels?

Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science may have found a low-cost solution processing method with the potential for large-scale production for CIGS solar cells

The USA's photovoltaics hub

The establishment of statewide solar programs and government incentives lead to a budding photovoltaic industry.

Printed Electronics uses more inorganics and composites

Printed electronics is using more inorganics and composites in the quest for higher performance, lower costs, finer feature size, stretchability and creation of radically new components such as memristors, supercabatteries and metamaterials.

Solarmer breaks world records for plastic solar technology

Solarmer Energy, Inc., a leading developer of plastic solar panels, is now the world record holder for plastic solar cell and plastic solar panel efficiencies.

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.

Printed Electronics Europe 09: 40% discount & report offer ends Friday

Register by Friday 19th December to receive the early bird 40% discount to the event and a complimentary copy of the IDTechEx report Organic and Printed Electronics in Europe, profiling over 280 organisations in Europe and worth €2000.

Graphene - the hottest new material in nanotechnology

Researchers discover method for mass production of nanomaterial graphene.

Printed power for printed electronics

Printed electronics still use conventional sources of power but this may change in the future with the newly developed printable batteries printed onto a surface with

Clear future for transparent electronics

Inorganic semiconductor technologies with conventional patterning offer immediate solutions, according to Kodak, which offers Chemical Vapor Deposition CVD to make it happen.

Printed electronics is pivotal to the future of mobile phones

Printed electronics is a term that covers printed and potentially printed electronics and electrics. It is the basis of an emerging $300 billion business embracing transistors, memory, displays, solar cells, batteries, sensors, lasers and much more. Printed Electronics USA will include new developments in printed electronics and the more specific use of these new technologies.