European partnership for next generation of highly efficient silicon thin-film solar modules
Eighteen leading industrial and research partners have joined forces in an EU Fast Track project aiming to further refine this technology. In the next...
Nanoengineered batteries could enable the next generation of high-power rechargeable batteries
New Nanoengineered Batteries Developed at Rensselaer Exhibit Remarkable Power Density, Charging More Than 40 Times Faster Than Today’s Lithium-ion Batteries
An entirely new type of...
Bad Viruses Could Help Us To Build a New Generation Of Highly Efficient Nano-Batteries...
Viruses have a bad rep-and rightly so. The ability of a virus to quickly and precisely replicate itself makes it a destructive scourge to...
Nanotechnology has increased efficiency of organic solar cells
In the solar energy field researchers are using the latest developments in nanotechnology to work on very small solar cells. Researchers are testing different...
Making molecular hydrogen more efficiently
When it comes to the industrial production of chemicals, often the most indispensable element is one that you can't see, smell, or even taste....
Rechargeable Sodium-Ion Batteries
With a near-theoretical capacity of 250 mAh/g, excellent rate capability and cycle life, and high energy and power densities of 760 Wh/kg and 1200...
New rechargeable nanomaterial for hydrogen storage
Scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are working to optimize a promising new nanomaterial called nanoblades for use in hydrogen storage.
During their testing of the...
A new MEMS device generates energy from low-frequency vibrations
Today’s wireless-sensor networks can do everything from supervising factory machinery to tracking environmental pollution to measuring the movement of buildings and bridges.
Working together, distributed...
Solar cells can be made thinner, lighter and cheaper
Solar cells are a key technology in the drive toward cleaner energy production. Unfortunately, solar technology is not yet economically competitive and the cost...
Quantum Dots – Key for the Efficient Future Solar Cells
According to the theory of multiple exciton generation, when an electron absorbs light energy can transfer energy to more than another one electron resulting...