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Nanostructures on Optical Fiber Make "Hidden" PV Cells
Using zinc oxide nanostructures grown on optical fibers and coated with dye-sensitized solar cell materials, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new type of three-dimen...
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Read more3-D system based on optical fiber could provide new options for photovoltaics
Converting sunlight to electricity might no longer mean large panels of photovoltaic cells atop flat surfaces like roofs. Using zinc oxide nanostructures grown on optical fibers and coated wit...
Power and Electrical Engineering | Read morePlugging into an electric vehicle revolution
Over the next three months, staff from Victorian energy distributor SP AusNet will use the PHEVs for their daily drive to work and for leisure as part of CSIRO and SP AusNet trial.CSIRO engine...
Automotive Engineering | Read moreNanometric butterfly wings created
Insects' colours and their iridescence (the ability to change colours depending on the angle) or their ability to appear metallic are determined by tiny nano-sized photonic structures (1 nanometr...
Life Sciences | Read moreNew designs for smarter buildings
After two years of design, experimentation, fund-raising and building, the University of Arizona's Solar Decathlon team has completed construction of its 800-square-foot solar-powered house on th...
Architecture and Construction | Read moreLotus Plant-Inspired Dust-Busting Shield to Protect Space Gear
Researchers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., are developing a transparent coating that prevents dirt from sticking in the same way a lotus plant sheds water — work begun t...
Physics and Astronomy | Read moreDelaware "Paying" Electric Car Owners
V2G vehicles work like an electrical sponge, capable of absorbing excess energy when demand for power is low, and returning some back to the electric grid when the demand for power is high. Th...
Power and Electrical Engineering | Read moreVirginia Tech Solar House Team Unwraps the 2009 House
Lumenhaus: Virginia Tech's 2009 solar house team last week moved its 800-square-foot entry in the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon, known as LUMENHAUS, from the College of Archite...
Architecture and Construction | Read morePliable proteins keep photosynthesis on the light path
Now, a large, international collaboration between Arizona State University, the University of California San Diego and the University of British Columbia, has come up with a surprising twist to photos...
Life Sciences | Read moreRice researchers unzip the future
Scientists at Rice University have found a simple way to create basic elements for aircraft, flat-screen TVs, electronics and other products that incorporate sheets of tough, electrically conductive m...
Process Engineering | Read moreAtmospheric ‘Sunshade’ Could Reduce Solar Power Generation
“Injecting particles into the stratosphere could have unintended consequences for one alternative energy source expected to play a role in the transition away from fossil fuels,” said author Daniel Mu...
Power and Electrical Engineering | Read moreNanostructure boosts efficiency in energy transport
Overcoming a critical conductivity challenge to clean energy technologies, Boston College researchers have developed a titanium nanostructure that provides an expanded surface area and demonstrates si...
Life Sciences | Read moreCase Western Reserve researchers develop 'wireless' activation of brain circuits
Traditionally, stimulating nerves or brain tissue involves cumbersome wiring and a sharp metal electrode. But a team of researchers at Case Western Reserve University is going "wireless."...
Life Sciences | Read moreSemantic web promises a smarter electricity grid
Managing increasingly dispersed energy resources – from far-flung wind farms on remote mountaintops to racks of solar panels on suburban homes – is crucial if the electricity they produce is to be use...
Information Technology | Read moreCompany Expects Sun to Shine on Chicago Invention
The company is on track to complete a commercial-grade prototype later this year, said Dina Lozofsky, vice president of IP development and strategic alliances at Solarmer. The prototype, a cell measur...
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