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New Division Focuses on the Use of Nanotechnology in Solar Panel Cell Designs

Nanosys today announced the creation of QD Soleil™, a wholly owned division focused on the use of its proprietary nanotechnology in solar panel cell designs. Nanotechnology is the next step in the natural evolution of a solar generated grid-ready energy supply.

From Shoei Electronic Materials, Inc 8 May 2009

Center to Develop Pioneering Nanotechnology Capable of Using Thermoelectrics to Harvest Energy from Waste Heat

Two Boston College physicists have been awarded $2.1 million in "green energy" funding from the U.S. Department of Energy as part of a multi-university project to develop solid-state materials that transfer solar energy to electricity.

8 May 2009

A Very High Power Battery System Based on Nanotechnology

Three scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have won an Excellence in Technology Transfer Award for a battery system expected to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as well as America's dependence of imported oil.

8 May 2009

Revolution in the Purification of Micro Powders

Harper International adds another first in the thermal processing of advanced materials. An advanced Rotary reactor system has recently been installed and commissioned for the purification of fine oxide based powders...

8 May 2009

Inverted Metamorphic Multijunction Solar Cell Named Winner of 2009 Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer

A new class of ultra-light, high-efficiency solar cells developed by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory has been awarded a national prize for the commercialization of federally funded research.

7 May 2009

Large-Area Synthesis of High-Quality and Uniform Graphene Films on Copper Foils

The creation of large-area graphene using copper may enable the manufacture of new graphene-based devices that meet the scaling requirements of the semiconductor industry, leading to faster computers and electronics, according to a team of scientists and engineers at The University of Texas at Austin.

7 May 2009