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Technology update RSS feedGraphene and nanotube carpets for energy storage
Jan 15, 2013 1 comment
Hybrid super capacitor shows promise for portable electronics and renewable power applications.
Nanotechweb.org: best of 2012
Dec 14, 2012
Find out which nanotechnology breakthroughs made it into our review of the year.
QD photodetector speeds up
Nov 23, 2012
New quantum-dot device dispenses with conventional thin-film architecture.
MoSe2 single layers for solar cells
Nov 7, 2012
2D material could rival graphene in optoelectronics applications.
Power cell generates and stores energy in one step
Aug 31, 2012
Hybrid device could power portable electronics.
Quantum dots for superior solar cells
Aug 20, 2012
Power-conversion efficiencies reach an all-time high of 7% for these materials.
Hybrid solar cells move on
Aug 16, 2012
UCLA researchers combine nanopillars with light-absorbing polymers.
Layered structures for next-generation solar cells
Jul 16, 2012
Simple solution-based processing technique could help make better devices.
Nano-heterojunctions improve solar cells
Jul 9, 2012
Structures may allow for high quantum efficiencies even in poor photovoltaic materials.
Light-trapping technique helps solar cells thin down
Jul 6, 2012
Devices could be just as efficient while being 10 times less thick.
Novel recombination layers improve multijunction photovoltaics
Jun 18, 2012
Low-doped graded oxides reduce optical losses inside solar cells
Graphite foam makes good battery electrode
May 18, 2012
Ultralight structure has higher energy and power densities than many conventional cathode materials
Heterostructures make better solar cells
Apr 5, 2012
Combing different nanocrystals and capping ligands could increase photovoltaic efficiency
Sol-gel makes nanostructured metallics
Mar 22, 2012
Materials could be used in fuel cells and batteries, as well as catalysts
Laser writer makes graphene supercapacitors
Mar 19, 2012
Devices might be ideal energy-storage systems for next-generation flexible and portable electronics
Graphene in new battery breakthrough?
Mar 8, 2012 2 comments
If confirmed, device would be first of its kind