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Bioplastic Enclosures
Posted in Green Design & Manufacturing, Greenhouse Gases, Recycling Technologies, Materials, Plastics, Packaging, Products on
Friday, February 03 2012
OKW Enclosures, Inc. (Bridgeville, PA) is now offering its design-oriented standard plastic enclosures in a bioplastic material. This biomaterial is manufactured from renewable raw materials and is formulated to replace the fossil plastics currently being used.
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A Bio-Solar Breakthrough
Posted in Materials, Coatings & Adhesives, Solar Power, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Semiconductors & ICs, News on
Thursday, February 02 2012
An international team of researchers has developed a process that improves the efficiency of generating electric power using molecular structures extracted from plants. The system taps into photosynthetic processes to produce efficient and inexpensive energy.
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New Tool Appraises PV Systems
Posted in Software, Solar Power, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, News on
Wednesday, February 01 2012
Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories, in partnership with Jamie Johnson of Solar Power Electric™, have developed PV Value™ - an electronic form to standardize appraisals of homes and businesses outfitted with photovoltaic (PV) installations.
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The Jan/Feb Issue of Lighting Technology is Here
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Lighting, LEDs, OLEDs, News on
Tuesday, January 31 2012
Check out the newly redesigned Jan/Feb issue of Lighting Technology. Cutting-edge research news, industrial lighting application stories, feature articles, products, and new technologies for license help bring in the new year.
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March 22-23, 2012: Solar Manufacturing & Reliability Conference
Posted in Solar Power, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Events on
Friday, January 27 2012
Join SEMA and SMTA for presentations and discussions focusing on the reliability testing of PV modules, covering gaps and where future work needs to be done. The conference will highlight various reliability programs being done in the industry with an assessment of current and evolving standards in manufacturing and reliability.
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High-Efficiency OLED on Plastic
Posted in Materials, Plastics, Lighting, OLEDs, Videos on
Thursday, January 26 2012
Researchers in the University of Toronto's Department of Materials Science & Engineering have developed what they say are the world’s most efficient organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) on plastic. This result enables a flexible form factor as well as a less expensive alternative to traditional OLED manufacturing.
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Quantum Dot Light Enhancement Substrate
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Lighting, OLEDs, Briefs on
Wednesday, January 25 2012
A cost-competitive solution for increasing the light extraction efficiency of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) with efficient and stable color rendering index (CRI) for solid-state lighting (SSL) was developed and demonstrated. Solution-processable quantum dot (QD) films were integrated into OLED indium tin oxide (ITO)-glass substrates to generate tunable white emission from blue-emitting OLED devices.
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