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New ORNL solar cell technology cranks up efficiency

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

With the creation of a 3-D nanocone-based solar cell platform, a team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Jun Xu has boosted the light-to-power conversion efficiency of photovoltaics by nearly 80 percent.

Conducting ferroelectrics may be key to new electronic memory

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Novel properties of ferroelectric materials discovered at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are moving scientists one step closer to realizing a new paradigm of electronic memory storage.

Journal: Nano Letters

Bacterial genome may hold answers to mercury mystery

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A newly sequenced bacterial genome from a team led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory could contain clues as to how microorganisms produce a highly toxic form of mercury.

ORNL's alumina-forming austenitic alloy licensed to Carpenter Technology Corp.

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Metal alloy manufacturer Carpenter Technology Corp. has licensed an alumina-forming austenitic stainless steel alloy developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory: April 2011

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

This release contains the April 2011 story tips from the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

TextOre license puts ORNL's Piranha in its tank

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

TextOre's licensing of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Piranha is enabling the Virginia-based company to introduce a powerful search and mining tool capable of processing large amounts of text data from the Internet.

ORNL, industry collaboration puts spotlight on solar

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Four manufacturers of solar energy components are working with the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory to address some of their biggest challenges.

ORNL's Pennycook named Materials Research Society Fellow

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Stephen Pennycook of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been elected to the class of 2011 fellows of the Materials Research Society.

Key plant traits yield more sugar for biofuels

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New clues about plant structure are helping researchers from the DOE's BioEnergy Science Center narrow down a large collection of poplar tree candidates and identify winners for future use in biofuel production.

Neutron analysis yields insight into bacteria for solar energy

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Structural studies of some of nature's most efficient light-harvesting systems are lighting the way for new generations of biologically inspired solar cell devices.