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Researchers Invent Novel Supercapacitor Design Using Graphene-Coated Porous Silicon

Solar cells that produce electricity 24/7, not just when the sun is shining. Mobile phones with built-in power cells that recharge in seconds and work for weeks between charges.

23 Oct 2013

Researchers Fabricate Thin, Flexible, and Transparent Organic Solar Cells with High Efficiency

Imagine buildings in which the windows allow the sun's light to enter, and at the same time capture the energy from the sun needed to meet all their energy needs. In this seemingly futuristic scenario, the windows become productive solar cells that help us decrease our reliance on fossil fuels and advance towards a greener and cleaner environment.

22 Oct 2013

New Approach Improves Solar Panel Efficiency Using Aluminum Nanoparticles

Rows of aluminum studs help solar panels extract more energy from sunlight than those with flat surfaces.

21 Oct 2013

Nano Labs Provides Update on Nano Gasoline ASTM Tests

Nano Labs Corp. is pleased to issue an update report on a series of standard ASTM tests that were performed on the Company's proprietary Nano Gasoline (NG). The tests chosen represent some of the key test indicators that determine the characteristics and performance of gasoline.

18 Oct 2013

Heat-Resistant Thermal Emitter with Complex 3-D Nanostructure Improves Solar Cell Efficiency

Scientists have created a heat-resistant thermal emitter that could significantly improve the efficiency of solar cells. The novel component is designed to convert heat from the sun into infrared light, which can than be absorbed by solar cells to make electricity – a technology known as thermophotovoltaics.

17 Oct 2013

Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley Dedicate New Energy Nanosciences Institute

The Kavli Foundation has endowed a new institute at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) to explore the basic science of how to capture and channel energy on the molecular or nanoscale and use this information to discover new ways of generating energy for human use.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 5 Oct 2013

New Battery Architectures with Precise Nano-Scale Designs

New research led by an electrical engineer at the University of California, San Diego is aimed at improving lithium-ion batteries through possible new electrode architectures with precise nano-scale designs. The researchers created nanowires that block diffusion of lithium (Li) across their silicon surface and promote layer-by-layer axial lithiation of the nanowire’s germanium core.

4 Oct 2013

Electrically Charged Water Droplets on Superhydrophobic Surface

In a completely unexpected finding, MIT researchers have discovered that tiny water droplets that form on a superhydrophobic surface, and then “jump” away from that surface, carry an electric charge. The finding could lead to more efficient power plants and a new way of drawing power from the atmosphere, they say.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4 Oct 2013

Exova Reports BTU Values for Nano Labs’ Nanotech Gasoline

Nano Labs Corp. is pleased to report on Exova’s BTU test results of the Company’s proprietary Nanotech Gasoline (NG).

1 Oct 2013

Nanotech Gasoline Compares Extremely Well with Super Gasoline

Nano Labs Corp. is pleased to report on OTI Canada Group’s (OTI) laboratory reference number M13-840 according to ASTM test protocol of the Company’s proprietary Nanotech Gasoline (NG).

30 Sep 2013