Tag: Thin Films
Shake, rattle, and roll to high efficiency photovoltaics
New insight into how a certain class of photovoltaic materials allows efficient conversion of sunlight into electricity could position these materials to replace traditional...
Polymer coating cools down buildings
Columbia Engineers make white paint whiter—and cooler—by removing white pigment and invent a polymer coating, with nano-to-microscale air voids, that acts as a spontaneous...
A self-powered heart monitor taped to the skin
Scientists have developed a human-friendly, ultra-flexible organic sensor powered by sunlight, which acts as a self-powered heart monitor. Previously, they developed a flexible photovoltaic...
Economical way to produce high-performance thin films for electronics
Researchers at Missouri S&T have found an unprecedented, economical method for creating high-performance inorganic thin films, or “epitaxial” films, used in the manufacture of...
Print out solar panels and stick them on your roof
Australia's first commercial installation of printed solar cells, made using specialized semiconducting inks and printed using a conventional reel-to-reel printer, has been installed on...
Self-healing reverse filter opens the door for many novel applications
A self-healing membrane that acts as a reverse filter, blocking small particles and letting large ones through, is the "straight out of science fiction"...
Thermal insulation composite system with integrated photovoltaics
The future of the building envelope is the focus of the four-year-old cooperation between DAW SE and the OPVIUS GmbH company. An ambitious sustainability...
Fujipoly Introduces Sarcon 45-YR-a Thin Film with a Thermal Conductivity of...
The Sarcon 45-YR-a Thin Film is available in rolls or can be die-cut to the required specification. It is suitable for applications that operate...
Photovoltaic Concrete: The Next Big Thing in Architecture?
The widespread adoption of photovoltaics remains one of those looming questions in architecture. Despite the growing prevalence of PV-systems all of over the world,...
PolyLux Polysulfide Polymers for Flexible Electronics
The family of Pylux™ materials all provide amorphous backbones, which leads to a variety of desirable optical properties useful for display applications. Namely, the...
