New “Large Virus” Thin Film Solar Strategy Pays Off For NIST Team
A common polymer the thickness of a large virus could bring about a “sustainable revolution” of low cost, high volume, rapid payback solar cells
A common polymer the thickness of a large virus could bring about a “sustainable revolution” of low cost, high volume, rapid payback solar cells
The path to next-generation, high efficiency graphene based solar cells and other electronic devices could lie through a “whispering gallery.”
By Luis Gonzalez. Last year, CleanTechnica reported a new project from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) about how to create a Net-Zero-Energy home. The results from the project have been disclosed after one year of experience with an excellent outcome. The residence achieved the goal of net-zero … [continued]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) net-zero energy test house blew past the goals set by researchers for its first year of operation. It even managed to produce enough surplus energy to power an electric car for over 1400 miles. To put it another way — and perhaps … [continued]
An impressive new means of producing graphene has been created by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Boulder, Colorado — one that the researchers think will help to bring the commercial production of graphene one step closer to reality. The new production method utilizes a … [continued]
While we’ve been busy touting graphene as the “miracle material of the new millennium,” there’s another advanced materials kid on the block called carbon nanotubes and they haven’t exactly been on the snooze either. A team of researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) has just announced that they’ve … [continued]
Net zero energy = awesome. And homes or buildings that use no energy from other locations (net, not gross) are certainly a growing trend. Check out this post below from the National Institute of Standards and Technology regarding a new report on this subject. Chances are you know how many miles your car … [continued]
The idea of an “artificial leaf” sounds simple enough: Take a small, cheap, light-collecting device the size of a typical leaf, dunk it in a quart of water, and use solar energy to generate enough hydrogen gas for powering a small fuel cell. Scaled up, these solar-derived fuel cells would … [continued]
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has just published the findings of report that found 39 separate battery and energy storage initiatives with a variety of key characteristics had been implemented across six US agencies. The six agencies — the Departments of Energy (DOE) and Defense (DOD), the National … [continued]
They’ll call anything a laboratory these days. The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) last week unveiled its new “house,” which will serve as a testbed to demonstrated that a stereotypical suburban home can generate as much energy as it needs to run in a year […]