Photovoltaics & Batteries

Polyera has achieved a certified world-record 9.1% efficient polymer/fullerene organic solar cell in an inverted bulk heterojunction architecture using its newest proprietary ActivInk® PV2000 semiconductor material. The high efficiency of this ...

An innovative new smart paint that can detect microscopic failures in wind turbines, mines and bridges is being developed by researchers at the University of Strathclyde. The environmentally-friendly paint uses nanotechnology to detect movement in ...

Investment signals operational readiness to begin high-volume production of thin, flexible printed batteries for interactive print media and powered RFID. Blue Spark Technologies, the leading supplier of thin, flexible, eco-friendly printed batterie...

This week, Printed Electronics World visited Mr Etsuo Nakagawa and Mr Kiichiro Ito of JNC Corporation (parent company Chisso) in Japan. #-# JNC Corporation manufactures worldwide and that includes structural plastics and Li-ion battery materials ...

UT Dallas researchers are making strides in understanding the workings of quantum dots - nanosized particles that have immense potential in several industry applications. Quantum dots could be used in a variety of ways ranging from illuminating the...

Amazon Kindle owners can now harness the power of the sun to illuminate and charge their e-readers, using the new SolarKindle Lighted Cover, which was unveiled at this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The cover has a built-in solar pa...

Straining the lattice: Stanford engineers improve electrical efficiency in organic semiconductors Organic semiconductors could usher in an era of foldable smartphones, better high-definition television screens and solar clothing that turns sunlight ...

A layer of gold nanodots on the surface of indium-tin oxide (ITO) coated glass may improve the efficiency of organic photovoltaic cells, according to new research published in the journal, Gold Bulletin. The paper, written by an international team fr...

The product is a ruthenium complex dye being used as a light-harvesting material to perform photon-to-current conversion in dye-sensitized solar cells which hailed as the next generation of solar cells. Dye-sensitized solar cells using the product ac...

The T-Solar Group has signed three loan agreements for a total of $145m to finance two photovoltaic power plants with an aggregate capacity of 44 MW in Peru. The two plants will be the first large-scale solar photovoltaic energy projects in Latin A...