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New Technique Turns Any Surface into Storage Devices

A paintable lithium-ion battery has been developed at the lab of Pulickel Ajayan, a materials scientist at the Rice University. The study results have been published in Scientific Reports, an online and open access journal of Nature.

29 Jun 2012

Nano-Sandwich Technique Helps Reduce Production Costs of Thin-Film Solar Cells

North Carolina State University researchers have developed a novel technique to fabricate ultra-thin-film solar cells without compromising the solar energy absorption capability, thus paving the way to reduce production costs of solar cells.

From North Carolina State University 26 Jun 2012

Low-Cost, High-Performance Nanorod Catalyst for Use in Fuel Cells

Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) have developed nitrogen-enriched iron-carbon nanorods, which can be used as a low-cost alternative to platinum catalysts used in microbial fuel cells (MFCs).

25 Jun 2012

UIC Scientists Explore Ways to Develop Low-Cost Solar Cells Using Metal Chalcogenide Nanoparticles

The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant worth $390,000 to Professor Luke Hanley, Head of Chemistry at the University of Illinois at Chicago, to investigate coating techniques for solar panel films utilizing metal chalcogenide nanoparticles.

20 Jun 2012

Sandia Researchers Develop High-Indium-Content Nanowire Solar Cell

Researchers believe that indium gallium nitride, part of III-nitrides family, is an ideal material for photovoltaic applications because by altering indium concentration the material’s response can be tuned to collect solar energy from different wavelengths.

From Sandia National Laboratories 19 Jun 2012

Researchers Design New Class of Pyroelectric Nanogenerators

A report in Nano Letters, a journal of the American Chemical Society, has described a first-of-its-kind ‘pyroelectric nanogenerator,’ which operates on the basis of the pyroelectric effect, a phenomenon first explained by the Greek philosopher Theophrastus 2,300 years ago.

From American Chemical Society 15 Jun 2012

Nanosolar Raises New Capital to Expand Production Capabilities and Research Efforts

Nanosolar, which produces ground-breaking thin-film solar cells and panels, has amassed a new capital of $70 million.

4 Jun 2012

New Doping Technique Drastically Improves Graphene Solar Cell Efficiency

A research team from the University of Florida (UF) has fabricated a graphene solar cell that demonstrates a power conversion efficiency of 8.6%, a record value, when considering earlier attempts in the making of graphene solar cells that managed only 2.9% conversion efficiency.

28 May 2012

Nanosolar's Utility Panels Power 1MW Solar Plant at Camp Roberts

Nanosolar Inc. today announced that it has completed a 1 MW ground-mounted solar installation at Camp Roberts, the largest of California's National Guard training facilities, located in San Miguel, California.

From Nanosolar, Inc. 22 May 2012

HyperSolar’s Nanotechnology Process Can Produce Hydrogen from Any Source of Water

HyperSolar has reported that the company’s latest advancements will enable its nanotechnology process to produce renewable and zero-carbon hydrogen fuel from almost any type of water source.

16 May 2012