nanotube Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:30:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Graphene/Nanotube Hybrid Produces High Performing Supercapacitor https://www.greenoptimistic.com/graphene-nanotube-hybrid-supercapacitor-20121129/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/graphene-nanotube-hybrid-supercapacitor-20121129/#respond Thu, 29 Nov 2012 07:37:12 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=28979 Researchers at Rice University, led by James Tour, have created single-surface material for electronics and energy storage. The Rice team has developed a seamless graphene/nanotube hybrid that just might be the most successful electrode interface possible. Tour and his team have developed forests of nanotubes that grow vertically from sheets of graphene up to lengths […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/graphene-nanotube-hybrid-supercapacitor-20121129/feed/ 0 28979 Protein Nanotubes Could Make Solar Panels Self-Washable https://www.greenoptimistic.com/protein-nanotubes-could-make-solar-panels-self-washable-20091019/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/protein-nanotubes-could-make-solar-panels-self-washable-20091019/#respond Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:17:04 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=4826 Scientists at the Tel Aviv University (TAU) are sure that their newest research in the nanotechnology field could lead to the development of a new type of solar panels and glass that need no cleaning and apparently put window washers out of work.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/protein-nanotubes-could-make-solar-panels-self-washable-20091019/feed/ 0 4826 New Nano-Materials Mix Boosts Li-Ion Battery Capacity https://www.greenoptimistic.com/manganese-oxide-carbon-nanotubes-battery-20090211/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/manganese-oxide-carbon-nanotubes-battery-20090211/#respond Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:55:55 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=2245 Carbon nanotubes have been in the focus of many scientists and universities studying battery technologies recently. Now, a group of Rice University researchers found out the novel properties of carbon nanotubes surrounded by metal-oxide arrays for use in lithium ion batteries.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/manganese-oxide-carbon-nanotubes-battery-20090211/feed/ 0 2245 3D Solar Cells Evolution Helped by Nanotubes https://www.greenoptimistic.com/3d-solar-cells-evolution-helped-by-nanotubes-20090110/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/3d-solar-cells-evolution-helped-by-nanotubes-20090110/#respond Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:16:04 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=1488 Cornell University and DuPont research team started working on a project which will probably revolutionize the electronics industry. The goal is to go to thinner, lighter and more flexible transistors and solar cells. With the use of nanotubes, an economical electronics material will be made which should be as good as silicon.

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