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imec Develop Large Area Silicon Solar Cell with 20.2% Conversion Efficiency

Nanoelectronics research centre imec announced today that they have developed large area (156x156mm2) i-PERC-type silicon solar cells using a new processing sequence based on laser doping from a thin atomic layer deposit...

From IMEC 27 Nov 2013

Pixelligent Technologies Receives SBIT Phase II Grant by Department of Energy (DOE)

Pixelligent Technologies announced today that it has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant by the Department of Energy (DOE). The two-year $1M program will enable Pixelligent to accelerate the development of its nanoadditives for use in advanced lubricants to reduce fuel consumption and engine wear.

From Pixelligent 26 Nov 2013

New Book Covers Latest Trends in Applications of Nanotechnology to Thermal-Fluids

"Nanofins - Science and Applications”, a book co-authored by Dr. Debjyoti Banerjee with Dr. Navdeep Singh was recently published by Springer. Dr. Banerjee is an Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, and Dr. Navdeep Singh is one of his former Ph.D. students. Dr. Singh is currently a faculty member at the University of Houston.

25 Nov 2013

Copper Nanowires Hold Potential for Robust, Inexpensive Fuel Cells

Copper adorns the Statue of Liberty, makes sturdy, affordable wiring, and helps our bodies absorb iron. Now, researchers at Duke University would like to use copper to transform sunlight and water into a chemical fuel.

25 Nov 2013

TI Introduces Nanopower Boost Charger with Integrated Step-Down Regulator

Texas Instruments (TI) today introduced five new next-generation power management integrated circuits that efficiently acquire and manage microwatts (uW) to milliwatts (mW) of power harvested from light, heat or mechanical energy sources. The bq25570, bq25505, TPS62740, TPS62737 and TPS62736 maintain the industry’s lowest levels of active quiescent current and enable battery-free operation to wireless sensor networks, monitoring systems, wearable medical devices, mobile accessories and other applications with limited access to power.

19 Nov 2013

Controlled Shape Nanoparticles Lead to Smaller, More Powerful, Energy Efficient Batteries

Batteries that power electric cars have problems. They take a long time to charge. The charge doesn’t hold long enough to drive long distances. They don’t allow drivers to quickly accelerate. They are big and bulky.

From University of California at Riverside 19 Nov 2013

High Pitch and Frequencies Increase Efficiency of Solar Cells Containing Nanorod Clusters

The high frequencies and pitch found in pop and rock music cause vibrations that enhanced energy generation in solar cells containing a cluster of ‘nanorods’, leading to a 40 per cent increase in efficiency of the solar cells.

8 Nov 2013

Metamaterial Cells by Duke Engineers to Provide Efficient Electric Power Comparable to Solar Panels

Using inexpensive materials configured and tuned to capture microwave signals, researchers at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering have designed a power-harvesting device with efficiency similar to that of modern solar panels.

From Duke University - Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics 8 Nov 2013

NanoKTN Announces Hosting of Battery Manufacturing Conference at University of Warwick

The Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN), one of the UK’s primary knowledge-based networks for Micro and Nanotechnologies, is holding its sell-out one day Battery Manufacturing conference today at Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), University of Warwick.

24 Oct 2013

ASU Engineers Construct Foldable Lithium-Ion Battery Using Carbon Nanotube-Coated Paper

A combination of nanotechnology and the traditional art of paper folding, known as origami, could be a key to a significant step toward improved battery technologies.

From Arizona State University 23 Oct 2013

Nanoenergy News

imec Develop Large Area Silicon Solar Cell with 20.2% Conversion Efficiency

Pixelligent Technologies Receives SBIT Phase II Grant by Department of Energy (DOE)

New Book Covers Latest Trends in Applications of Nanotechnology to Thermal-Fluids

Copper Nanowires Hold Potential for Robust, Inexpensive Fuel Cells

TI Introduces Nanopower Boost Charger with Integrated Step-Down Regulator

Controlled Shape Nanoparticles Lead to Smaller, More Powerful, Energy Efficient Batteries

High Pitch and Frequencies Increase Efficiency of Solar Cells Containing Nanorod Clusters

Metamaterial Cells by Duke Engineers to Provide Efficient Electric Power Comparable to Solar Panels

NanoKTN Announces Hosting of Battery Manufacturing Conference at University of Warwick

ASU Engineers Construct Foldable Lithium-Ion Battery Using Carbon Nanotube-Coated Paper

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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