Energy

Nanohole arrays show superiority in solar cells

By / May 10, 2010

Scientists have developed a silicon solar cell with a geometry of holes with diameters of about 500-600 nanometers, according to a recent  post on Physorg.com. The new design achieves an…

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$60M available from DOE SBIR program for clean energy tech

By / May 7, 2010

This just in: At a White House Energy Innovation meeting today, Under Secretary of Energy Kristina Johnson announced that $60 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act…

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Alfred opens glass, ceramic nanotechnology center

By / May 7, 2010

A new nanotechnology center with roots that extend to Alfred University and Corning Inc, has just opened in Alfred, N.Y. The NanoMaterials Innovation Center, a subsidiary of Alfred Technology Resources…

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$18M in new DOE awards for advance materials innovations in manufacturing

By / May 7, 2010

The DOE is giving a total of $13 million to 48 industrial energy-efficiency R&D projects, many of which will have either a direct bearing on ceramic and cementitious materials development…

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CWRU’s Aeroclay aerogel has ability to soak up oil spills

By / May 5, 2010

[flash https://ceramics.org/ceramictechtoday/wp-content/video/cwruaerogel_oil_absorber.flv mode=1 f={image=/ceramictechtoday/wp-content/video/cwruaerogel_oil_absorber.jpg}] I’ve written before about the work of David Schiraldi’s aerogel research group at Case Western Reserve University. With much of North and Central America focused on…

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Emerging advanced ceramic materials may find use in future oil spills

By / May 5, 2010

I am writing this post from the Tampa Bay area where the spreading Gulf of Mexico oil spill, not surprisingly, dominates the news. Several acquaintances here have asked me if…

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Video of the week: Ceramic, glass opportunities and advice for ARPA-E funding

By / May 5, 2010

Earlier this year, as part of ACerS’s Electronic Materials and Applications conference, Dave Danielson, from ARPA-E, made a valuable keynote presentation about ARPA-E funding interests and how ceramists and other…

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Ceramic Leadership Summit: Spotlight on emerging business and technology opportunities and challenges for the ceramics community

By / May 5, 2010

ACerS’ Ceramic Leadership Summit is fast approaching. Unlike purely technical meetings, the Ceramic Summit fosters a participative environments that delivers the opportunity to discuss, listen and learn with some of…

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Offshore Technology Conference coincides with Gulf disaster

By / May 4, 2010

The Offshore Technology Conference is occurring this week and I expect it isn’t exactly the best of times. I don’t mean this post as an effort to pile on BP.…

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ARPA-E announces $106M in new awards for electrofuels, batteries and clean-coal projects

By / May 4, 2010

Energy-related materials R&D is going to be getting a nice boost in the near future according to ARPA-E’s latest announcement of funding projects. Thirty-seven projects in the areas of electrofuels…

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