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New Method for Saving Platinum without Losing Efficiency and Cost of Electrocatalytic System.

Hydrogen is one of the most promising fuels of the future. Whether powered by wind or sun energy, electrolysis of water is the method of choice for producing hydrogen without emission of carbon dioxide. The character and properties of the hydrogen-producing catalyst, usually platinum, are of critical importance for the efficiency and cost of the electrocatalytic system.

20 Oct 2010

UCLA Engineer Designs Nano-Enhanced Component for 3D Microbatteries

Lithium-ion batteries have become ubiquitous in today's consumer electronics -- powering our laptops, phones, and iPods. Research funded by DARPA is pushing the limits of this technology and trying to create some ...

20 Oct 2010

Research Underway to Mass Produce Cheap, High-Quality Graphene

The 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics went to the two scientists who first isolated graphene, one-atom-thick crystals of graphite. Now, a researcher with the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering is trying to ...

20 Oct 2010

Solarfun Power Partners with Nano-Based Silicon Ink Manufacturer Innovalight

Innovalight, Inc., a privately-held company that manufactures a proprietary nanotechnology-based silicon ink and licenses a proprietary platform process to solar cell manufacturing companies, announced today a three-year...

19 Oct 2010

Kalahari Greentech Discusses Benefits of Nanofluids for Solar Generator

Kalahari Greentech, Inc. (Pink Sheets:KHGT) released a statement today detailing the benefits of Nanofluid additives for the Tri-Brid Solar Generator. Nanofluid applications have the potential to increase solar therma...

19 Oct 2010

Magnolia Solar Receives Phase II Funds to Develop Nanostructured Thin Film Solar Cells

Magnolia Solar Corporation (OTCBB: MGLT) ("Magnolia Solar"), announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary has recently received funding for a Phase II contract from the New York State Energy Research and De...

19 Oct 2010

First Time-Resolved Observation of Nanoparticle Growth

For the first time scientists have been able to watch nanoparticles grow from the earliest stages of their formation.

19 Oct 2010

First Solar to Expand Production Capacity of Advanced Thin-Film PV Modules

First Solar, Inc. today announced plans to build two new four-line manufacturing plants that will boost the company’s annual manufacturing capacity by nearly 500 MW to help meet strong demand for its advanced thin-film photovoltaic modules.

19 Oct 2010

World's Thinnest Crystalline Silicon Solar Panel

DuPont Kabushiki Kaisha and Fujipream Corporation have successfully developed a new thin crystalline silicon (c-Si) glass-glass photovoltaic module that is 25 percent lighter in weight (excluding the frame) compared with...

16 Oct 2010

Polyurethane Nanofoams Double Insulating Performance

Bayer MaterialScience is working on the development of polyurethane nanofoams that could lead to a quantum leap in thermal insulation performance several years down the road.

15 Oct 2010