Tiny Shells Yield “Remarkable” Increase In Organic Solar Cell Conversion Efficiency
Tiny shells embedded in the surface of an organic solar cell are among the new developments pushing down the cost of solar energy.
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Strange Goop Resolves Sticky Perovskite Solar Cell Problems
The Canadian startup XlynX aims to improve perovskite solar cells with a new advanced adhesive.
Better Battery Electrolytes with New Polymers
New polymer materials under development at Oak Ridge National Laboratory could enable safer, more stable batteries needed for electric vehicles and grid energy storage. Polymers are promising electrolytes for solid-state lithium batteries for their low cost, flexibility and processibility, but performance needs to be improved. “Typically, you can increase flexibility … [continued]
MIT Scientists Create 2-Dimensional Polymers As Strong As Steel
Scientists at MIT have created 2-dimensional polymers that are a light as plastic but stronger than steel.
Manmade Microplastics Found In Human Placenta For First Time
This is incredibly disturbing and should come with a trigger warning.
Plasticenta, as the study called it, is the first evidence of microplastics in the human placenta.
Can Self-Destructing Plastics Make Us More Aware of Recycling?
Research into self-destructing plastics may be a first step toward reducing the enormous amounts of waste that humans produce.
Energy Storage Market Presents New Opportunities For Material & Polymer Suppliers
Originally published on Apricum Group. By Florian Haacke and Dr. Hendrik Kienert Driven by an increasing share of renewable energy and e-mobility, the energy storage market is exhibiting substantial growth, which Apricum expects will continue for the foreseeable future. This not only presents new opportunities for energy storage system suppliers, … [continued]
Researchers Find Clues to Efficient Organic Photovoltaic Material (Could Help Create New Materials to Improve…
by Brookhaven National Laboratory Media & Communications Office Detailed studies of one of the best-performing organic photovoltaic materials reveal an unusual bilayer lamellar structure that may help explain the material’s superior performance at converting sunlight to electricity and guide the synthesis of new materials with even better properties. The research, … [continued]
Printing TVs as Thin as Paper, & 1st Completely Plastic Solar Cell
The title of the Georgia Tech news release, “Stable Electrodes for Improving Printed Electronics,” might not have caught your eye, but this is some totally cool research. Here’s more from Georgia Tech (images via Georgia Tech but placed into the piece by me): Imagine owning a television with the … [continued]
Reducing Wasted Energy with Nanocrystal-Coated Fibers
Sooooo much energy is wasted by technology these days, and a ton of it is wasted in the form of heat (a whopping 58% in the U.S.). The good news is, that means there’s a lot of potential to tap/capture that wasted energy and use it for better purposes. … [continued]
