Nanoenergy News

RSS

Minute Crystals from Pea Plant's PSI Super Complex Can Help Make More Efficient Solar Cells

If harnessing the unlimited solar power of the sun were easy, we wouldn't still have the greenhouse gas problem that results from the use of fossil fuel. And while solar energy systems work moderately well in hot ...

5 Mar 2010

By Fabricating Thin Films from Silicon Nanowires, Researchers Increased Light-Trapping of Solar Cells

Solar cells made from silicon are projected to be a prominent factor in future renewable green energy equations, but so far the promise has far exceeded the reality.

5 Mar 2010

Ferroelectric Thin Films Offer Alternative to Semiconductor-Based PV Devices

The sun seems to be our only truly dependable source of renewable energy, and scientists are constantly on the hunt for innovative ways to convert sunlight into electricity. The potential of thin ferroelectric films for ...

4 Mar 2010

ECD Wins Contract to Supply 2.4MWp of Uni-Solar Thin-Film PV Laminates to ProLogis

Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD) (Nasdaq: ENER), the leading global manufacturer of thin-film flexible solar laminate products for the building integrated and commercial rooftop markets, today announced it has been ...

4 Mar 2010

Enabling Greener Transportation with Graphene

Determined to play a key role in solving global dependency on fossil fuels, Javad Rafiee, a doctoral student in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has developed a new method for storing hydrogen at room temperature.

3 Mar 2010

M.Setek Produced High Quality Polysilicon and Wafers to be Displayed at PV EXPO 2010, Tokyo

AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") will exhibit at PV EXPO 2010 in Tokyo Big Sight, Japan from March 3-5 to showcase its competitive edge in the solar industry value chain.

1 Mar 2010

NREL Verifies First Thin Film Module to Reach Record Efficiency on Flexible Substrate

Global Solar Energy today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the nation's primary laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development, confirmed 13.2 percent aperture area efficiency for a module made by Global Solar Energy applying its production-line thin film solar material.

25 Feb 2010

Oxford Instruments' TDI Awarded $600,000 To Boost Production of Solid-State Lighting Materials

Technologies and Devices International, Inc. (TDI), part of the Oxford Instruments Group, today announced it has been awarded $600,000 by the Maryland Energy Administration to help industry expedite the broad adoption of energy-efficient LED lighting, and better position Maryland to become a national solid-state lighting materials and equipment manufacturing leader.

From Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology 25 Feb 2010

Super-Thin Films that Harvest Energy from Motion

Scientists are reporting an advance toward scavenging energy from walking, breathing, and other natural body movements to power electronic devices like cell phones and heart pacemakers.

24 Feb 2010

Bloom Energy Introduces Advanced Solid Oxide Fuel Cell

Bloom Energy Corporation, a Silicon Valley-based company committed to changing the way people generate and consume energy, announced today the availability of the Bloom Energy Server™, a patented solid oxide fuel c...

24 Feb 2010

Nanoenergy News

Minute Crystals from Pea Plant's PSI Super Complex Can Help Make More Efficient Solar Cells

By Fabricating Thin Films from Silicon Nanowires, Researchers Increased Light-Trapping of Solar Cells

Ferroelectric Thin Films Offer Alternative to Semiconductor-Based PV Devices

ECD Wins Contract to Supply 2.4MWp of Uni-Solar Thin-Film PV Laminates to ProLogis

Enabling Greener Transportation with Graphene

M.Setek Produced High Quality Polysilicon and Wafers to be Displayed at PV EXPO 2010, Tokyo

NREL Verifies First Thin Film Module to Reach Record Efficiency on Flexible Substrate

Oxford Instruments' TDI Awarded $600,000 To Boost Production of Solid-State Lighting Materials

Super-Thin Films that Harvest Energy from Motion

Bloom Energy Introduces Advanced Solid Oxide Fuel Cell

Revolutionary Nanofibers Made from Flour for Tissue Regeneration

A New Language for Nanopore Design

Enhancing Solid-State Lithium Batteries with Nano-Ceramic Electrolytes

Automated Image Acquisition and Analysis of Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride Structures

Breakthrough in Broadband Photodetectors: Nanomaterial Gii Could Bring Faster Broadband and Higher Quality Medical Imaging

Conversations on AFM: Applications of BioAFM in Life Science

Conversations on AFM: The Technology and History Behind AFM and SPM

Recent Advances in High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy to Improve Research Into Protein Dynamics

Sponsored Content

The Evolution of Lipid Nanoparticles

How Emulsion Electrospinning is Transforming Materials

What are Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles?

Carbon-Based Nanomaterials: Overcoming Challenges in Air Sensitivity for Next-Generation Batteries