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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

New Approach to Make Cheaper, More Efficient Solar Panels Using Nanotechnology

Photovoltaic devices, which tap the power of the sun and convert it to electricity, offer a green -- and potentially unlimited -- alternative to fossil fuel use. So why haven’t solar technologies been more widely adopted?

23 Oct 2013

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

Nanoenergy News

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

New Approach to Make Cheaper, More Efficient Solar Panels Using Nanotechnology

Researchers Invent Novel Supercapacitor Design Using Graphene-Coated Porous Silicon

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

New Approach Improves Solar Panel Efficiency Using Aluminum Nanoparticles

Nano Labs Provides Update on Nano Gasoline ASTM Tests

Biochar-Modified Titanium Dioxide Nanocomposites for Enhanced Water Treatment

New Nanocage Material Removes Up to 90% of Toxic PFAS from Water

Enhancing Chitosan Films with Silanized Hexagonal Boron Nitride for Sustainable Applications

Study Shows Potential for New Treatments for Neurological and Inflammatory Diseases

Gold Nanoparticles to Restore Vision in Retinal Disorders

Overcoming Nanogold Production Challenges

Electrospinning and the Future of Nanotechnology

How Electrospinning is Shaping the Future of Nanotechnology

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