Construction of the world’s first modular large-scale battery storage system begins in Aachen.
Energy
2015 Small Young Innovator Awards: winners announced!
Xiaodong Chen and Yi Cui will receive the 2015 Small Young Innovator Awards in Bejing on the 3rd of September 2015.
Performance Improves for Sodium-Ion Batteries
Batteries advance with improved efficiency in positive sodium-ion electrodes, achieved using copper and iron.
Solar energy that doesn’t block the view
MIT spin-off is producing highly transparent, efficient solar cells in its Silicon Valley pilot production facility.
Improved battery performance from tin oxide anodes
New form of tin oxide anode combined with carbon nanotubes shows increased electrical performance in lithium and sodium ion batteries.
Roll-to-roll printing of flexible organic power transistors
The same roll-to-roll printing methodologies can be explored for printing of electrochromics, transistor logic and solar cell power units.
Conference report: Advanced Battery Power
This symposium is a meeting place of academia and industry for discussing current trends and requirements of a battery’s life from cradle to grave.
Solar-powered family car of the future
A student team from Eindhoven University of Technology presents a new solar-powered family car that generates more power than it uses.
Click chemistry in organic electronic devices
The last decades have witnessed a dramatic advance in organic syntheses from the viewpoint of environmental science and technology. In a review article, Professor Michinobu highlights a novel click reaction inspired by semiconducting polymer doping techniques.
International Year of Light: Structured Surfaces for Solar Absorption
This article reviews how structured surfaces can be used to maximize solar absorption.
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