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Scientists Discover Method to Mass Produce Graphene, Major Boost for...
[social_buttons] US Scientists have figured out a way to mass produce the nanomaterial graphene, opening the door to significant advances in the storage of hydrogen, as well as the electricity produced...
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Scientists: Plastic Solar Cells Could be Hung on Wall Like Posters
What if you could walk into your local hardware store and buy a cheap solar panel to hang on your wall? That may not be such a far-fetched idea according to scientists at the UCLA Henri Samueli School...
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UCLA Scientists Create Carbon-Capturing Crystals That Mimic DNA
In the burgeoning world of carbon capture technology, all sorts of interesting things are popping up. Here’s one from UCLA graduate student Hexian Deng and biochemistry professor Omar M. Yaghi, who...
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Graphene Gate Opens the Door to Smaller, Faster, Less Toxic Electronics
A team of researchers at UCLA has developed a new way to make super-fast graphene transistors that are comparable to transistors that use more expensive (and toxic) materials. If successful...
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Stretchable OLEDs
We’ve written about OLEDs (full name: Organic Light Emitting Diodes) a few times on CleanTechnica, including their flexible potential and some work in Germany to bring down their costs. Ernest Beck...
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New World Record for Tandem Polymer Solar Cell Efficiency
“Scientists boosted the significance of tandem polymer solar cells by successfully testing cells with low-bandgap polymers that achieved certified conversion efficiencies of 8.62 ± 0.3% with respect...
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Transportation News Roundup (8 Top Stories)
So many stories have piled up in the past few days or so that I think it’s time for a few roundup posts. Here’s one on clean transportation: 1. Toyota reported today that its Prius model hit an...
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Solar Cells for Windows Take Another Step Forward
We’ve been covering research on windows that create solar power for years. We’re still not quite there, but advances seem to be speeding up. The latest step forward comes from UCLA. The day when we...
View ArticleStudy Finds Green Homes Sell $34,800 Higher in California
If sustainability and environmental responsibility weren’t enough persuasion, then cold hard cash in the form of home resale value may get homeowners to invest in green improvements. A new study...
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17 ARPA-E Projects Have Pulled In $450 Million In Private Funding
The U.S. Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) this week announced that 17 projects it has helped jump-start have “demonstrated major technical successes and shown...
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A Breakthrough In Energy Storage: Graphene Micro Supercapacitors
By Nicole Miller Imagine plugging in your smartphone for thirty seconds and then continuing the rest of your day with a fully charged phone. Then imagine plugging in your electric vehicle for less time...
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Perovskite Solar Cells Beat New Records (In The Lab)
By James Wimberley News from the frontier of perovskite solar cell research: A team at China’s Huazhong University in Wuhan, working with pioneer Michael Grätzel at Lausanne, have fabricated cells...
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Stella Makes Her US Debut
You may remember a lovely “family-sized” solar-powered electric car named Stella. She raced in last year’s World Solar Challenge and won in the Michelin Cruiser Class. Reportedly, the Eindhoven crew...
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LA’s Solar Energy Initiative Delays Are Unnecessary, Threaten Long-Term Growth
The growth of the Los Angeles solar energy sector is being hampered by unnecessary delays in the application and installation stages, potentially interfering with the achievement of its goal to be...
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3.3 Million Lives Taken By Horrific Polluted Air… Every Year
Originally published on EV Obsession. You know that smog that you hate breathing when you’re stuck in traffic? Yeah, it’s killing you. I suppose that’s something that most of us know in the back of our...
View ArticleThe place to be for Young Entrepreneurs: Global Clean Technology Innovation...
It is no secret that we need global participation in order to substitute our polluting ways. The World needs innovative and passionate leaders to bring about the change. Athgo and UCLA are calling for...
View ArticleUCLA Develops Synthetic 'Gene' to Capture Carbon Emissions
Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles have created a synthetic “gene” they say can capture carbon dioxide emissions. Omar M. Yaghi, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has...
View ArticleSuper White Paint Helps Keep Buildings Cool
Researchers at UCLA have created a super white paint that can reflect up to 98% of incoming heat from the sun.
View ArticleHeat Stifles & Strains Grids In US West
Mutually worsening heat and drought, both fueled by climate change, are stifling the American West, stoking wildfire fears and straining electrical grids — and the worst is far from over. “We could...
View ArticleNREL Follows Up Groundbreaking LA100 Study With New Equity Strategies Initiative
Following the release of the groundbreaking Los Angeles 100% Renewable Energy Study (LA100), the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will again team up with the Los...
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