Firms Scramble To Complete Wind Energy Projects Before Year’s End
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Ford Fusion Energi Certified As Most Efficient Sedan
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Solar Stocks Alert; JA Solar (Nasdaq:JASO) Regains Compliance With NASDAQ Minimum Bid Price Rule
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Super Efficiency For Organic Light Emitting Diodes
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Great advances have been made in the development of materials for organic light-emitting diodes (OLED) in recent years. The Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics Research (OPERA) of Kyushu University announced that it has developed a new OLED light-emitting material that is a fluorescent material and has an internal quantum efficiency of better than 90%. [...]Using An EV To Power A Home
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UK Electric Vehicle Sales To Double In 2013?
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Imagine If Everything Were Powered How Our Cars Are (VIDEO)
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Three Money Managers See LED Industry Shining in 2013; Their Stock Picks
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UCLA's laser-scribed-graphene based flexible super capacitors introduced in short video
Updated: 2012-12-30 09:28:25Back in March 2012 we posted about a UCLA research that developed laser-scribed graphene (LSG) based flexible capacitors using simple DVD burners. Now we found that interesting short video about the research and the people behind it: The video is a finalist in the $200,000 Focus Forward Filmmaker Competition. Good luck :-)Tesla Superchargers Set Up On East Coast
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MidAmerican Wind Completes 300 MW Of Wind Projects
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An Investment With High Merit to Improve Life on Earth
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Martin Riddiford and Jim Reeves are London based designers who’ve spent 4 years developing the GravityLight as an off-line project. The pair works for therefore.com, which has over 20 years of experience in designing and developing hand held computing and communication products for a host of pioneers including Psion, Toshiba, NEC, TomTom, Inmarsat, ICO, Sepura, [...]Ford Fiesta ECOnetic Van can get 85.6 mpg
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skip to main skip to sidebar Pages Home December 27, 2012 Ford Fiesta ECOnetic Van can get 85.6 mpg Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Tweet A new Ford Fiesta Van offers businesses an agile and good looking vehicle with class-leading fuel-efficiency all diesel engines achieve sub-100 g km CO2 emissions and 3.7 l 100 km 76.4 mpg or . better The Fiesta Van offers new 75 PS 1.5-litre Duratorq TDCi diesel for the first time Fiesta ECOnetic Van variant features enhanced fuel-saving technologies to deliver best-in-class 87 g km and 3.3 l 100 km 85.6 mpg Fiesta Van offers key segment-first technologies including in-car connectivity system SYNC with Emergency Assistance , Active City Stop , and MyKey system to encourage safer driving , plus practical features like Easy Fuel andThe UK gives £21.5 million more for graphene research
Updated: 2012-12-27 09:29:45Home About Introduction to graphene News Graphene investing Graphene products Companies Resources Events Jobs board Reports Books History Videos News archive Other resources Contact us The UK gives 21.5 million more for graphene research Tweet Financial Graphene applications The UK announced extra funding of 21.5 million 34.7 million to boos graphene research and development in the UK . This new investment fund aims to take the technology from the lab to the factory floor The Imperial College in London will receive the largest sum 4.5 million to investigate aerospace applications of graphene . Other projects are based at Durham University , the University of Manchester , the University of Exeter and Royal Holloway . All of those universities will collaborate with industrial partnersRising Heat Captured for Power
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A couple weeks ago the Thiel Foundation announced three new grants awarded through its Breakout Labs, to promote innovation in science and technology. The most recent award takes the program into clean energy, with a bold new proposal to harness the power of atmospheric vortexes. An atmospheric vortex engine (AVE) uses a controlled vortex to [...]Best of 2012: Room Temperature Superconductivity Found in Graphite Grains
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Colleagues at Northwestern University and the University of Virginia are working to invent novel ways and catalytic materials to activate methane to produce ethylene. The collaborating team published a paper in the online edition of the journal Nature Chemistry detailing the use of sulfur as a possible “soft” oxidant for catalytically converting methane into ethylene, [...]MIT researchers develop a flexible graphene-based solar panel
Updated: 2012-12-23 09:13:32
Home About Introduction to graphene News Graphene investing Graphene products Companies Resources Events Jobs board Reports Books History Photos Videos News archive Other resources Contact us MIT researchers develop a flexible graphene-based solar panel Tweet Energy generation Flexible Graphene applications Technical Research Researchers from MIT developed a new solar photovoltaic cell that is made from several graphene sheets coated with nanowires . They say that this flexible and transparent cell could be made on the . cheap The new solar panels use graphene as a replacement for ITO . The new electrode material is cheaper and provides several advantages over ITO : flexibility , low weight , mechanical strength and chemical robustness . The idea is to use a series of polymer coatings toHope for Electric Vehicle Battery Manufacturers
Updated: 2012-12-20 19:17:22Global Edition About News Analysis Magazine Lists Events More Newsletters Support Contact Us Emtech MIT MIT Enterprise Forum Connect Select your localized : edition Close Ø English Español Deutsch Italiano Português 4E2D 6587 Filter : by News and Analysis Magazine List : Innovators Under 35 Conferences and Events Argentina Brasil Colombia Deutschland India Italia México Portugal España United States Uruguay 4E2D 56FD 5927 9646 More Ways to Connect Discover one of our 28 local entrepreneurial communities Be the first to know as we launch in new countries and markets around the . globe Interested in bringing MIT Technology Review to your local market Search Login Join New Popular Login Join MIT Technology Review Home News Analysis Features Views Multimedia Discussions Topics : PopularA Lower Cost Method to Capture Sulfur From Fuels
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University of Illinois (UI) researchers have developed mats of metal oxide nanofibers that more effectively scrub sulfur from petroleum-based fuels than traditional materials. Sulfur is the chemical element that made acid rain such a nasty event downwind from coal and oil burning facilities. When burned sulfur is reformed into toxic acids that persist a short [...]Two Advances Point Toward a Cheaper Electric-Car Battery
Updated: 2012-12-19 22:21:00Global Edition About News Analysis Magazine Lists Events More Newsletters Support Contact Us Emtech MIT MIT Enterprise Forum Connect Select your localized : edition Close Ø English Español Deutsch Italiano Português 4E2D 6587 Filter : by News and Analysis Magazine List : Innovators Under 35 Conferences and Events Argentina Brasil Colombia Deutschland India Italia México Portugal España United States Uruguay 4E2D 56FD 5927 9646 More Ways to Connect Discover one of our 28 local entrepreneurial communities Be the first to know as we launch in new countries and markets around the . globe Interested in bringing MIT Technology Review to your local market Search Login Join New Popular Login Join MIT Technology Review Home News Analysis Features Views Multimedia Discussions Topics : PopularThe NanoMaster project developed new graphite materials used to produce high-quality graphene
Updated: 2012-12-19 08:56:31Home About Introduction to graphene News Graphene investing Graphene products Companies Resources Events Jobs board Reports Books History Photos Videos News archive Other resources Contact us The NanoMaster project developed new graphite materials used to produce high-quality graphene Tweet Graphene production Technical Research The European NanoMaster project a EC Seventh Framework funded project which started on December 2011 and is being led by NetComposites , UK , and involves 12 other project partners including Philips has developed new grades of expanded graphite used to produce high-quality graphene . The project aims to develop up-scale processing methods for production of graphene and expanded graphite reinforced thermoplastic masterbatches and . compounds The new expandedA Higher Mileage Airplane
Updated: 2012-12-19 07:01:19Things in flight do entrance some of us. So news of a way to enhance the fuel economy is welcome news. Whether it’s the joy of watching the maneuvers in mid air or simply getting somewhere at lower cost to just cutting the effluent produced – more distance per fuel unit is a good thing. [...]A Deep Look Into Wood to Bio-Oil By Pyrolysis
Updated: 2012-12-18 07:01:00
North Carolina State University’s chemical and biomolecular engineer Dr. Phillip Westmoreland and doctoral student Vikram Seshadri looked at the molecular level when wood is rapidly heated to high temperatures in the absence of oxygen, a decomposition process known as pyrolysis. Much of the energy that can be extracted from wood exists in the cell wall [...]A Practical Way to Use Expensive Platinum
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A research group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a method of depositing ultrathin layers of platinum atoms on a surface. Using a revised method of electrodeposition that’s relatively simple, fast and effective the team achieves the highly desired uniformity. Uniformity offers greatly reduced costs of the platinum and improves [...]Utility Dominion Buys Big into Fuel Cells
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Home About Introduction to graphene News Graphene investing Graphene products Companies Resources Events Jobs board Reports Books History Photos Videos News archive Other resources Contact us Zhejiang University ordered an Aixtron BM 2 R D system for graphene and CNT research Tweet Aixtron Technical Research Aixtron announced that China's Zhejiang University has ordered an AIXTRON BM 2-inch R D system . The system which was ordered in Q2 2012 and which will be delivered in Q4 2012 will be used for advance CNT and graphene . research The BM R D system features a high performance , fast response heater 1000° C minute ramp rate which enables complex process steps at different temperatures to be reproducibly implemented , such as catalyst pre-annealing , growth and post . annealing Dec 13,Flexible graphene FET features record current densities, power and conversion gain
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, Home About Introduction to graphene News Graphene investing Graphene products Companies Resources Events Jobs board Reports Books History Photos Videos News archive Other resources Contact us Flexible graphene FET features record current densities , power and conversion gain Tweet Electronics Flexible Graphene applications Technical Research Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin have developed flexible graphene field-effect transistors G-FET that features record current densities and the highest power and conversion gain ever . The team says that the transistors show near symmetric electron and hole transport and are the most mechanically robust flexible graphene devices fabricated to date . They are also resistant to . water The G-FETs were made directly atop patternedP-N junctions in graphene developed using self-assembled monolayers
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Home About Introduction to graphene News Graphene investing Graphene products Companies Resources Events Jobs board Reports Books History Photos Videos News archive Other resources Contact us P-N junctions in graphene developed using self-assembled monolayers Tweet Displays Electronics Energy generation Graphene applications Technical Research Researchers from Georgia Tech have developed a new low-temperature method to dope graphene films using self-assembled monolayers SAM that modify the interface of graphene and its support substrate . Using this method the researchers developed graphene p-n . junctions The researchers used CVD to grow graphene on copper film and then transferred it to silicon dioxide substrates that were functionalized with the self-assembled monolayers . Thus theyAngstron Materials awarded a new patent for an NGP production method
Updated: 2012-12-09 11:59:19Home About Introduction to graphene News Graphene investing Graphene products Companies Resources Events Jobs board Reports Books History Photos Videos News archive Other resources Contact us Angstron Materials awarded a new patent for an NGP production method Tweet Angstron Materials Graphene production Nano-platelets Technical Research Angstron Materials have been awarded a new patent US 8,114,373 for its next-step method that effectively exfoliates layered graphene and offers several key advantages . Using this method one can produce nano graphene platelets NGPs with a thickness thinner than 100nm and in many cases thinner than 10 nm or as thin as 0.34 nm to 1.02 . nm Angstron's process does not use undesirable chemicals , time-intensive wash steps or require high exfoliationA new super-elastic 3D graphene excite researchers
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Home About Introduction to graphene News Graphene investing Graphene products Companies Resources Events Jobs board Reports Books History Photos Videos News archive Other resources Contact us A new super-elastic 3D graphene excite researchers Tweet Conductors Electronics Flexible Graphene applications Graphene Oxide Technical Research Researchers from Monash University Australia have managed to grow 3D graphene towers that make graphene more elastic . The new 3D material supports 50,000 times its own weight , springs back into shape after being compressed by up to 80 and has a very low density . The material still retains graphene's . conductivity To develop the new material , the researchers used ice crystal as templates to grow the graphene towers from graphene oxide flakes . TheEasy to make graphene flakes can be useful to make strain sensors
Updated: 2012-12-05 07:06:42Home About Introduction to graphene News Graphene investing Graphene products Companies Resources Events Jobs board Reports Books History Photos Videos News archive Other resources Contact us Easy to make graphene flakes can be useful to make strain sensors Tweet Graphene applications Sensors Technical Research Researchers from the National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan are studying graphene flakes , and creating conductive materials . Producing these flakes is much more simple than fabricating actual graphene sheets they are doing it by chemically treating graphite The researchers have been using these flakes to make regular paper conductive simply by painting a solution with graphene flakes on it One of the first application the researchers are working on is strain sensors that canGraphene is not as transparent to wetting as thought before
Updated: 2012-12-04 19:03:08Home About Introduction to graphene News Graphene investing Graphene products Companies Resources Events Jobs board Reports Books History Photos Videos News archive Other resources Contact us Graphene is not as transparent to wetting as thought before Tweet Technical Research The transparency of graphene coating to wetting is not as absolute as thought before . New research from MIT shows that for materials with intermediate wettability , graphene does preserve the properties of the underlying material . But for more extreme cases superhydrophobic surfaces , which intensely repel water , or superhydrophilic ones , which cause water to spread out an added layer of graphene does significantly change the way coated materials . behave These extreme cases are of greatest interest . For exampleChina's CCG is researching graphene technology in collaboration with a Chinese institute
Updated: 2012-12-04 11:37:21Home About Introduction to graphene News Graphene investing Graphene products Companies Resources Events Jobs board Reports Books History Photos Videos News archive Other resources Contact us China's CCG is researching graphene technology in collaboration with a Chinese institute Tweet Technical Research China Carbon Graphite Group s CEO Donghai Yu revealed last week that CCG has been working on a graphene technology research program with the top Chinese institute in that field he wouldnt' name the institute CCG hopes to become the leader of this industry in China and they are confident that further progress will be achieved in 2013. Hopefully we'll hear more about this program . then China Carbon Graphite Group is a Chinese company based in Chengguan Town Xinghe that manufactures and