Nanomaterials Archives – The Green Optimistic

Calcium-Aluminum High Voltage Power Cables Could be Lighter and More Durable

Benji Jerew — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:42:45 +0000

We may never give high voltage power cables a second thought, but there’s a lot that goes into their construction that could be improved. High voltage cables are typically made from a steel core and an aluminum shell. Aluminum is the 4th-best conductor of electricity after gold, silver, and copper, but doesn’t make a good […]

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Strong Nanomaterials from Snails Improve Solar Cells and Lithium-ion Batteries

Mila Luleva — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:10:56 +0000

A recent paper published in the journal Advanced Functional Materials, reveals how the largest type of chitons- gumboot chitons, can contribute to improving solar cells and lithium-ion batteries. Professor David Kisailus, from the University of California, Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering, together with his team of students and scientists at Harvard University, University in Cambridge […]

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Rechargeable Batteries Revolutionized with Layered Nanomaterials

Leigh Hutchens — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:25:05 +0000

Kansas State University assistant professor of mechanical and nuclear engineering Gurpreet Singh and his team of engineers have discovered more efficient and less expensive methods for creating nanomaterials that can be used for lithium-ion batteries. Singh believes that understanding lithium interaction with single-, double-, and multiple-layer-thick materials will provide clues to the best way to […]

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Light Harvesting Nanoantennas Made With Plant DNA and Artificial Molecules

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 05:55:51 +0000

A University of Toronto research team has reported the first time construction of what they call "artificial molecules." These molecules have been inspired by photosynthesis and use nanotechnology to harvest sunlight.

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Photocatalyst Used For Hydrogen Generation Awarded by University of Queensland

Mike Sandru — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:35:26 +0000

This year's UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award, consisting in $85,000 UQ, was won by Dr Yong Wang, from UQ's School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering. Dr Wang will dedicate his research to develop powerful photocatalysts that increase the efficiency of hydrogen production.

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Precision Nanoparticles Technology to Revolutionize Solar Cells

Cristi — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:35:50 +0000

The chemists from the Idaho National Laboratory and Idaho State University may have found the gold mine of solar energy efficiency. They invented the manufacturing of a highly precise and uniform nanopaticle that improves solar cells and further spurs the growing nanotech revolution.

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Sub-Nano Platinum Particles Make Fuel Cells 13 Times Better

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:05:04 +0000

Nano-sized machinery makes me shiver. Thinking at a molecular and atomic level when speaking about technology makes me wonder even more. Even if I consider myself a logic person, extremely small and extremely large objects impress me.

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