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Flexible Triboelectric Nanogenerator Fabric Harnesses Human Motion to Generate Energy

From light-up shoes to smart watches, wearable electronics are gaining traction among consumers, but these gadgets' versatility is still held back by the stiff, short-lived batteries that are required. These limitations, however, could soon be overcome. In the journal ACS Nano, scientists report the first durable, flexible cloth that harnesses human motion to generate energy. It can also self-charge batteries or supercapacitors without an external power source and make new commercial and medical applications possible.

From American Chemical Society 5 Mar 2015

Pristine Graphene Incorporated into Carbon-Based Materials to Make Stronger, Lighter Solar Cells

A University of Cincinnati research partnership is reporting advances on how to one day make solar cells stronger, lighter, more flexible and less expensive when compared with the current silicon or germanium technology on the market.

4 Mar 2015

N1 Technologies Files for Patent on Nano-Engineered Lithium Tungsten Battery

The directors and management of N1 Technologies Inc. has filed for a patent on their revolutionary nano engineered Lithium Tungsten Battery. The patent improves upon the current lithium ion battery technology by adding T...

27 Feb 2015

Researchers Stabilize Carbon for Lithium-Air Batteries Using Nano-Coatings

To power a car so it can travel hundreds of miles at a time, lithium-ion batteries of the future are going to have to hold more energy without growing too big in size.

26 Feb 2015

Researchers Demonstrate Significant Increase in Solar Cell Efficiency Using Silicon Micro-Funnels

A biological structure in mammalian eyes has inspired a team headed by Silke Christiansen to design an inorganic counterpart for use in solar cells. With the help of conventional semiconductor processes, they etched micron-sized vertical funnels shoulder-to-shoulder in a silicon substrate.

26 Feb 2015

K-State Engineer Receives NSF CAREER Award for Research on Nanosheets

A prestigious award will support a Kansas State University engineer's research on nanosheets and will help organize educational activities for high school students and teachers.

29 Jan 2015

Researchers Isolate Single Manganese Oxide Nanowire as Li-Ion Battery's Functional Electrode Element

A Virginia Commonwealth University professor has received a five-year, $505,000 award from the National Science Foundation to make lithium-ion batteries -- which power electric vehicles and portable electronic devices -- far more efficient, sustainable and environmentally friendly.

22 Jan 2015

Nanoenergy News

Flexible Triboelectric Nanogenerator Fabric Harnesses Human Motion to Generate Energy

Pristine Graphene Incorporated into Carbon-Based Materials to Make Stronger, Lighter Solar Cells

N1 Technologies Files for Patent on Nano-Engineered Lithium Tungsten Battery

Researchers Stabilize Carbon for Lithium-Air Batteries Using Nano-Coatings

Researchers Demonstrate Significant Increase in Solar Cell Efficiency Using Silicon Micro-Funnels

K-State Engineer Receives NSF CAREER Award for Research on Nanosheets

Researchers Isolate Single Manganese Oxide Nanowire as Li-Ion Battery's Functional Electrode Element

KAIST Researchers Propose New Piezoelectric ZnO/AlN Stacked Layers for Flexible Nanogenerators

Ultra-Thin Nanomaterial Advances Lithium-Sulphur Battery Technology for Electric Vehicles

Visionary Outlook Report on Nanotechnology in Sustainable Energy

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

A New Language for Nanopore Design

Enhancing Solid-State Lithium Batteries with Nano-Ceramic Electrolytes

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

Light-Responsive Azobenzene Polymers for Enhanced Neural Interfaces

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

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