News tagged with light harvesting

UK scientists develop optimum piezoelectric energy harvesters

Scientists working as part of the Metrology for Energy Harvesting Project have developed a new model to deliver the maximum power output for piezoelectric energy harvesters.

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Early defoliation of Great Lakes wine grapes tested

Wine grape production in the Great Lakes Viticultural Region can be a challenging enterprise. Spring frost, winter injury, short and variable growing seasons, and cool, humid growing conditions subject grape ...

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Satellite technology enables rapid, accurate mapping of forest harvest in upper Midwest

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using satellite images, Mutlu Ozdogan, an assistant professor of forest and wildlife ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is automatically generating maps showing where trees have ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hybrid energy harvesting device developed for generating electricity from heat and light

Fujitsu Laboratories today announced that it has developed a new hybrid energy harvesting device that generates electricity from either heat or light. With this single device, it is possible to derive energy ...

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 09, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Porphyrin Dimers Increase Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- Porphyrins are most commonly thought of as the pigment in red blood cells, but now scientists have found that porphyrins can also be used to increase the efficiency of an inexpensive type ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 1 feature