Energy

News

04 March 2010 (from Bayer MaterialScience)

First Commercial Application of Baytubes® Carbon Nanotubes in Japan

High-performance locomotive from Siemens
Press image Siemens

Bayer MaterialScience (Leverkusen, Germany) reports that aqueous suspensions of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) containing individual tubes offer interesting perspectives for a number of new applications which depend on a high [..]

18 February 2010 (from cordis)

Scientists boost solar cell efficiency

LED

A German team of scientists has developed a technique to treat nanoparticle surfaces. This treatment boosts the efficiency of organic solar cells. Presented in the journal Applied Physics Letters, the work shows how 2% [..]

09 December 2009 (from Katherine Bourzac, Technology Review)

Batteries Made from Regular Paper

Nanocubes serve as storage medium for hydrogen
Press image BASF

A dip in nanotube ink turns ordinary office paper into a high-energy electrode. [..]

11 September 2009 (from Andy Extance, Physics World)

Nanotubes set to shine for solar energy

Solar cell

Carbon nanotubes could be used to produce solar cells that generate more electrical current per photon than existing photovoltaic technologies, according to scientists in the US. [..]

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23 July 2009 (from Berkley Lab)

More Than Meets the Eye: New Blue Light Nanocrystals

Silicon nanocrystals
Max Planck Society

Berkeley Lab researchers have produced non-toxic magnesium oxide nanocrystals that efficiently emit blue light and could also play a role in long-term storage of carbon dioxide, a potential means of tempering the [..]

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Events

5 upcoming events

List without fairs, exhibitions and university courses

06 May 2010 - 06 May 2010 in Dresden, Germany

Supercapacitors

04 July 2010 - 09 July 2010 in Obergurgl, Austria

Nanotechnology for Sustainable Energy

06 July 2010 - 07 July 2010 in Dresden, Germany

Nanofair 2010

26 July 2010 - 30 July 2010 in Mauritius, Mauritius

ICPAC Int. Conf. on Pure and Applied Chemistry

26 July 2010 - 30 July 2010 in Mauritius, Mauritius

workshop Ethics at the Frontiers of Science and Technology, ICPAC conference

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Energy

Calls & Programs (7 entries found)

Deadline: 30 May 2008

Applications of Nanotechnology in the Energy Business

Deadline: 31 December 2007

Self-Organised Nano-Structures (SONS)

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Deadline: 31 December 2007

Werkstoffinnovationen für Industrie und Gesellschaft - WING

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Publications (34 entries found)

06 November 2007

Humberto Terrones, Mauricio Terrones

Building research and technology partnerships with Mexico in N&N

This presentation gives details about nanotechnology research in Mexico and highlights potential areas of international cooperation between Europe and Mexico. [..]

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31 May 2007

G.Q. Zhang; R. Begeer; R.A. Hartman

Point-One Strategic Research Agenda

version 1 of detailed information on technology contents of Orange book

This strategic research agenda is intended to provide an integrated guideline for research and development activities to be jointly conducted by national private and public partnerships on [..]

07 February 2007

NENNET

FUTURE PERSPECTIVES ON LITHUANIAN RESEARCH IN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES AND NANOTECHNOLOGIES

This report briefly examines world trends in each field of science and draws implications for Lithuanian research. It proceeds to focus on the Fifth and Sixth EU Framework Programmes (FP5 [..]

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Articles (16 entries found)

04 August 2006

Nanotechnology research leads to molecular-scale batteries and motors

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11 February 2005

wipe batteries off the face of the Earth

12 August 2004

FOCUS ON ENERGY: NANOMATERIALS ENABLE ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

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