New record set for recycling indoor light to electricity
G24 Innovations has achieved ground-breaking efficiency rates for the indoor performance of its Dye-Sensitized Cells.
At an average of 26% conversion efficiency, a new cell...
Printed-plastic solar panel project kicks off
Transforming how and where we harvest power is essential for meeting the objectives set out in the Europe 2020 strategy.
One alternative energy source is...
Environmentally-friendly houses use 80 per cent less energy
Clever, inexpensive design can cut the energy used in new homes by up to 80 per cent, says a Queensland University of Technology (QUT)...
Innovative device that uses bacteria growing in municipal sewage to make electricity and clean...
Scientists today described a new and more efficient version of an innovative device the size of a home washing machine that uses bacteria growing...
Kinetic LED chandellier more than energy efficient
Through a Treehugger's article on kinetic LED chandelliers we found something interesting about the subject.
A British interdisciplinary studio called Troika offers „a tantalizing glimpse”...
Liquid-like materials for new thermoelectric devices
In the continual quest for better thermoelectric materials—which convert heat into electricity and vice versa—researchers have identified a liquid-like compound whose properties give it...
Researchers begin graphene production
A group of researchers at Linköping University are now marketing their method of producing graphene. There is great interest in the Nobel Prize-winning material,...
More efficient and cost effective hydrogen fuel cells
Hydrogen fuel cells, like those found in some “green” vehicles, have a lot of promise as an alternative fuel source, but making them practical...
Metamaterials may boost wireless power transfer
More than one hundred years after the pioneering inventor Nikola Tesla first became fascinated with wireless energy transfer, the spread of mobile electronic devices...
Metamaterial could be far more efficient at capturing sunlight than existing solar cells
Metamaterials are a new class of artificial substances with properties unlike anything found in the natural world. Some have been designed to act as...