In a groundbreaking application of graphene technology, the first graphene-based solar cells have been successfully utilized to power temperature sensors. This development, reported on November 12, ...

Researchers created the first ultra-low power temperature sensor using graphene solar cells, a step toward long-lasting, self-powered devices for the Internet of Things. (Nanowerk News) Researchers at ...

As a unique form of carbon that is so thin it is considered two-dimensional, graphene is a special material that is flexible, transparent, stronger than steel, and both electrically and thermally ...

Graphene–ITO hybrid electrodes improved nanoscale current response by about 60%, supporting more continuous conductive ...

Researchers from the University of Arkansas in the United States have fabricated a graphene-based solar cell that can be used in Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The device was developed in the ...

Today's solar cells are usually made out of silicon that is too expensive to be cost-effective for the everyday consumer because highly purified, turned into crystal, then sliced thin. Because of the ...

The team of researchers from the Ocean University of China in Qingdao and Yunnan Normal University in Kunming have devised the method using a highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cell, coated with a ...

Like any business, defense forces are investigating the most efficient, readily deployable and cost-effective technologies to power armies, navies, and air forces. As modern militaries increasingly ...

The new electrode is inspired by the natural world – a western Swordfern, which is found in North America. The electrode has been developed by technologists based at RMIT University in Melbourne, ...

Researchers at the University of Arkansas and the University of Michigan have reported the first use of ultra-low power temperature sensors using graphene-based solar cells. The test is the first ...