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Mass Spectrometry Performance Improved by Triboelectric Nanogenerators

Mechanical energy harvested from the environment is converted into electricity by triboelectric nanogenerators (TENG). This electricity is used to recharge consumer electronics or powering small devices such as sensors.

28 Feb 2017

Tiny Nanoparticles Help Convert Carbon Dioxide into Fuel Using Ultraviolet Light as Energy Source

Duke University researchers have developed tiny nanoparticles that help convert carbon dioxide into methane using only ultraviolet light as an energy source.

24 Feb 2017

Researchers Perform Experimental Validation of Heat Transport at the Nanoscale

The phenomenon of heat transport is highly significant as its regulation, for example, is inevitable for efficient cooling of smaller chips.

20 Feb 2017

Scientists Demonstrate Efficient Performance of Germanium in Energy Efficient Transistors

The first transistor based on germanium capable of being programmed between electron- (n) and hole- (p) conduction was demonstrated by scientists from the Nanoelectronic Materials Laboratory (NaMLab gGmbH) and the Cluster of Excellence Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed) at the Dresden University of Technology.

6 Feb 2017

Researchers Make Important Breakthrough in the Field of Future Magnetic Storage Devices

Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have made another important breakthrough in the field of future magnetic storage devices.

28 Dec 2016

Researchers Work on Development of Game-Changing Nanowire Metamaterials

Mechanical engineer Liping Wang imagines an energy sector enhanced by greater control over thermal radiation. To work toward this objective, he is designing and constructing a host of custom electromagnetic materials.

26 Dec 2016

Scientists Study Impact of Perovskite Nano-Domains on Solar-Cell Efficiency

EPFL scientists have for the very first time studied the nanoscale elemental distribution of mixed perovskites, which is particularly relevant for photovoltaic reproducibility and efficiency.

8 Dec 2016

New Flexible Supercapacitors Show Promise for Energy Storage Applications

Scientists at the NanoScience Technology Center of University of Central Florida (UCF) have developed a novel method for producing flexible supercapacitors that can store more amount of energy and can be recharged over 30,000 times without any sign of degradation.

22 Nov 2016

Light-Driven Photomotors Could Power Next-Generation Nanorobots

A research team from the Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICP RAS), Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), and Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (ISC NASU) has presented a nanosized dipole photomotor model that works on the principle of light-induced charge redistribution.

11 Nov 2016

Researchers Directly Determine Bandgap Energy of Single Cesium Lead Bromide Nanocrystals

The relation between bandgap energy of single cesium lead bromide nanocrystals (CsPbBr3 NCs) and their shape and size has been determined directly by a global research team headed by Tom Gregorkiewicz, professor at the University of Amsterdam and Yasufumi Fujiwara, professor at Osaka University's Graduate School of Engineering together with his Japanese team at National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology.

8 Nov 2016

Nanoenergy News

Mass Spectrometry Performance Improved by Triboelectric Nanogenerators

Tiny Nanoparticles Help Convert Carbon Dioxide into Fuel Using Ultraviolet Light as Energy Source

Researchers Perform Experimental Validation of Heat Transport at the Nanoscale

Scientists Demonstrate Efficient Performance of Germanium in Energy Efficient Transistors

Researchers Make Important Breakthrough in the Field of Future Magnetic Storage Devices

Researchers Work on Development of Game-Changing Nanowire Metamaterials

Scientists Study Impact of Perovskite Nano-Domains on Solar-Cell Efficiency

New Flexible Supercapacitors Show Promise for Energy Storage Applications

Light-Driven Photomotors Could Power Next-Generation Nanorobots

Researchers Directly Determine Bandgap Energy of Single Cesium Lead Bromide Nanocrystals

New Magnetic Nanodiscs for Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation

Improving Aluminum Alloy 7075 Casting with TiC Nanoparticles

Green Synthesis of Carbon Quantum Dots from Almond Resin for Biomedical Use

NYU Tandon and KAIST 'Hear' Defects in Nanomaterials

New Method for Creating Highly Luminescent Nanoparticles

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

Applying AI-Driven Solutions to Semiconductor Digital Design

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