Nanoparticle network to convert sunlight more efficiently than silicon
A Colorado State University professor has successfully turned a mineral compound into a material that can pass current through a nanoparticle network – an...
New cheap nanomaterial to convert heat into electricity
Waste heat is a byproduct of nearly all electrical devices and industrial processes, from driving a car to flying an aircraft or operating a...
Neutron analysis yields insight into bacteria for solar energy
Structural studies of some of nature's most efficient light-harvesting systems are lighting the way for new generations of biologically inspired solar cell devices.
Researchers from...
Reduce Your Electricity Home Consumption With LumiSmart
What do you think MP3s and light bulbs have in common? Quite a lot, you’ll see when the light bulbs are attached to a...
Physicists Develop Scalable Method for Making Graphene
New research from the University of Pennsylvania demonstrates a more consistent and cost-effective method for making graphene, the atomic-scale material that has promising applications...
Energy Savings in the City of Tempe
The city of Tempe, Arizona decided to install 1,000 induction street lights after observed that LED-based solid state lighting is not suitable for extreme...
More LED lighting packages to celebrate the season
This year, more than ever, businesses and people are using light emitting diode (LED) for holiday lights to celebrate the season.
The trend has been...
Increased Polymer Solar Cells Light Absorption Developed By Iowa State University Researchers
A report recently published in an online journal called Advanced Materials points out that a process has been developed by the researchers at the...
Light touch transforms material into a superconductor
A non-superconducting material has been transformed into a superconductor using light, Oxford University researchers report.
One hundred years after superconductivity was first observed in 1911,...
The Solar Energy Conversion Efficiency Rate Improved By Nanomaterials
Frontiers of research are rapidly exceeded. Even in field of solar energy harvest and conversion efficiency, new research ideas come from everywhere.
The scientists from...