Spray-On Solar-Power Cells Are True Breakthrough
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Scientists have invented the first spray-on plastic that can turn the sun's infrared rays into electricity.
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In an advance that could lead to lighter spacecraft and smarter cars, researchers have developed a new technique for producing a high-quality semiconductor that's much more resistant to extreme conditions than the silicon found in most of today's electronics.    Devices built with the rugged material would not require cooling and other protections that add size, weight and cost to traditional silicon electronics in power systems, jet engines, rockets, wireless transmitters and other equipment exposed to harsh environments...
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Blog: Nothing like metal vapor for making solar cells, says Global Solar.
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Assembling nanomaterials with the help of innocuous viruses could lead to threadlike Â¬batteries and photovoltaics that can be woven into clothing.
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Wafer-thin solar cells printed on aluminium film heralded as 'a revolution' by British scientists
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Molecular-scale carbon cylinders that receive and transmit light waves open the way for new types of communications equipment and solar cells.
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A new solar breakthrough could expand a subsidiary's business.
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WEARABLE solar panels that help charge mobile phones or music players are likely to come on sale within three years, the New Scientist says.
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NANOTECHNOLOGY -- engineering substances down to billionths of a meter in size -- holds out such promise of providing super-strong materials or desalinating water inexpensively that no one wants to put a red light in its way. But there are enough safety questions to justify more yellow lights than either industry or government has yet deployed.
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Photovoltaics made of nanowires could power small devices and lead to cheaper solar panels.
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Building-integrated photovoltaics gets a boost with power-producing terracotta roof tiles.
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US scientists had made a breakthrough in their quest to make low-cost hydrogen, a technology key to finding new sources of energy to end US dependence on foreign oil, they said.
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Using electric fields to alter the electrical properties of a carbon nanotube on the fly makes for a key nanoscale electronic component.
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Researchers say they've created a nifty optics-on-a-chip device that overcomes a major obstacle in harnessing the full power and speed of light waves. By the Associated Press.
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Developments in silicon carbide wafers may lead to a new world of fast, robust electronics.
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Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say they have used spinach to harness a plant's ability to convert sunlight into energy for the first time, creating a device that may one day power laptops, mobile phones and more.
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Heavy users of mobile phones, iPods and other portable devices may want to try on a new coat lined with solar modules and a battery to charge their gadgets on the fly.