ITO-free large-area organic solar cell modules were operated in outdoor conditions over 1 year simultaneously in India and Denmark.
Easy and rapid sintering technique for microbeads
Researchers reduced the sintering time for an adsorbent by a factor of 60 and improved the specific surface area.
Aluminum foam with nickel coating and superior properties
Scientists from Germany and Norway investigated the texture and grain growth of aluminum foam with a nickel coating to improve the mechanical properties.
AERO: a new method for creating metal foams
A new method for creating a high degree of porosity within powder particles has been reported by US-based scientists.
Composite laminates might replace metallic implants
Researchers from Universities in Germany, Brazil, and Israel designed promising multilayer composites applicable as bone fracture fixation devices but also for other orthopedic applications.
Tooling of carbon nanotubes
Danish and German researchers applied a controllable method to peel carbon nanotubes and form nano-protrusion structures.
Controlling color in an electric field
Scientists from Germany and UK develop a printing process that uses one tunable ink for all colors.
Assessing printing technologies for polymer solar cells
Danish scientists analyze advantages and disadvantages of the most promising printing technologies for metal back electrodes used in polymer solar cells.
Weaving nanostructures using actuation forces
Japanese scientists design a new approach to making ultra thin and uniform fabrics with micro- and nano-fibers.
Sand as a low-cost support for titanium dioxide photocatalysts
Researchers report the fabrication of well adhered mixed nanocrystalline anatase-rutile TiO2 coatings on grains of quartz, rutile and zircon sands.