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Nanowire Structure Optimizes Hydrogen Production by Capturing More Solar Energy

A research team at the University of California, San Diego is creating a forest of nanowire trees to cleanly harvest more amount of solar energy for generating hydrogen fuel efficiently without utilizing fossil fuels.

9 Mar 2012

Cleanfield Develops New Technology to Accelerate Solar Panel Accessibility

Cleanfield Alternative Energy has updated its collaborative venture of Nanowire Solar Cell on “Next Generation Solar Cell".

24 Feb 2012

Nanosolar Closes Fund to Fuel Development of Thin-Film Solar Systems

Nanosolar, a manufacturer of advanced thin-film solar cells and panels, has declared the closing of a $20-million funding round that involved new investor aeris CAPITAL and existing investors OnPoint Technologies and Mohr Davidow Ventures.

20 Feb 2012

Researchers Demonstrate Novel Method to Develop High-Efficient Solar Cells

Scientists from the University at Buffalo (UB), together with researchers from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory have demonstrated a nanomaterial-based technology to enhance the electrical output of a solar cell by embedding charged quantum dots into it and by improving the lifespan of photoelectrons.

23 Jan 2012

Puralytics’ SolarBag Surpasses EPA Standards

Puralytics, a photochemical water purification product provider using light-stimulated nanotechnology, has declared that its 3 l water purifier, SolarBag is the first-ever non-chemical, non-powered system to satisfy U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) standards for water purification equipment.

10 Jan 2012

Fuel Cell Electrocatalyst Technology from Brookhaven Lab Licensed by N.E. Chemcat

N.E. Chemcat Corporation, a producer of precious metal and catalyst in Japan, has licensed the electrocatalyst technology conceptualized by researchers at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in the U.S. Department of Energy.

5 Jan 2012

Development of Low-Cost, High-Efficient Solar Cells Using ALD Process

Picosun, a provider of advanced atomic layer deposition (ALD) solutions, has announced the successful final outcomes of ROD-SOL, a three-year, inter-European project funded by the European Union 7th Framework Programme.

3 Jan 2012

GMZ Energy Raises Fund to Develop New Range of Renewable Technologies

GMZ Energy, a company specializing in nanotechnology-based thermoelectric materials, has declared that it has received $14 million through the Series C funding headed by Mitsui Ventures.

23 Dec 2011

Development of Low-Cost Solar Paint to Meet Future Energy Demands

A research team led by Prashant Kamat, who serves as an investigator at the Center for Nano Science and Technology (NDnano) of the University of Notre Dame as well as John A. Zahm Professor of Science in Chemistry and Biochemistry, has utilized quantum dots, which are semiconducting nanoparticles, to develop a low-cost solar paint for generating energy.

23 Dec 2011

HyperSolar’s Green Process Lowers Cost of Natural Gas Production

HyperSolar, an innovative technology developer for generating renewable natural gas from sunlight, has explained that being eco-friendly is essential to reduce the cost of production.

30 Nov 2011