Industry News
element14 extends linecard, celebrates 15m Raspberry Pis
element14 celebrates the sale of 15 million Raspberry Pi SBCs and announces the distribution of Amphenol PIHER's range of contactless sensors and potentiometers. [ + ]
Knock knock: object interaction with a smartphone
Researchers have developed a new technology that identifies objects and executes actions following a simple knock against a smartphone. The software is powered by machine learning that analyses sounds, vibrations and other reactions. [ + ]
Power conversion efficiency boosted in perovskite solar cells
Researchers have developed transparent conductive films that are set to increase the power conversion efficiency of perovskite-based multijunction solar cells beyond 30%. [ + ]
2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for Li-ion batteries
M Stanley Whittingham, John B Goodenough and Akira Yoshino will receive the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their development of lithium-ion batteries. [ + ]
Protein batteries for safe, sustainable power storage
By using synthetic polypeptides — which make up proteins — and other polymers, US researchers have taken the first steps towards constructing electrodes for sustainable organic batteries. [ + ]
Electrolube reports success in India, new global standard for OHS
Electrochemicals manufacturer Electrolube has been awarded the new global standard for occupational health and safety, the ISO 45001. [ + ]
High efficiency achieved for flexible thin-film solar cells
Researchers have achieved 11.4% photoelectric conversion efficiency in flexible CZTSSe thin-film solar cells — said to be the highest efficiency ever reached in such cells. [ + ]
Flexible biofuel cell runs on sweat
A new flexible and stretchable device, worn against the skin and capable of producing electrical energy by transforming the compounds present in sweat, has been developed. [ + ]
Speeding up computation with nanophotonics
Researchers have developed a new type of processor known as PAXEL — a device that can potentially bypass Moore's law and increase the speed and efficiency of computing. [ + ]
Fully electronic 2D spin transistors created
Dutch physicists have constructed a two-dimensional spin transistor, in which spin currents were generated by an electric current through graphene. [ + ]
Record-breaking solar cells feature self-assembling molecules
Tandem perovskite-CIGS solar cells have reached an efficiency of 23.26% — said to be a world record value in this type of cell. [ + ]
Flexible wearables enabled by graphene
European researchers have developed flexible and transparent wearable devices that are conformable to the skin, providing continuous measurements of multiple human vital signs. [ + ]
A new candidate for n‑type semiconductors
Scientists have produced a novel organic substance that can potentially be adapted to form an n-type semiconductor, with wide-ranging applications in the field of electronics. [ + ]
Organic solar cells one step closer to commercialisation
Key components of organic solar cells require less electrical conductivity than initially thought — a breakthrough that should bring the devices closer to becoming a commercial reality. [ + ]
BluGlass enters JDA with LED company Bridgelux
The two parties are collaborating to develop cascade LEDs using BluGlass's remote plasma chemical vapour deposition (RPCVD) technology. [ + ]