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CIO August 15, 2002 Justine Brown	Portable Plastic Power What if you could power portable electronics anywhere you could access solar energy? That's the scenario two researchers at the University of California at Berkeley imagined when they developed a new generation of solar cells that combine nanotechnology with plastic electronics.
National Defense October 2005 Grace Jean	Harvesting Solar Energy From Nano-Thin Films Researchers at the U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center in Natick, Mass., are developing prototypes of battery chargers and shelters that would harness solar energy through nanocomposite thin-film photovoltaics.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2005 Ben Ames	Nanotechnology delivers military power The Army is looking for a 21st century battlesuit, one that stops bullets, detects chemical and biological agents, monitors a wounded soldier's vital signs, administers basic first aid, and communicates with headquarters. Nanotechnology could provide the answer.
IEEE Spectrum July 2007 Suhas Sreedhar	Plastic Solar Cells Get a Boost by Doubling Up Scientists in Korea and California have invented a new way of boosting the efficiency of cheap plastic solar cells, making them more competitive with traditional silicon solar cells. The key is to make the solar cells in pairs.
National Defense March 2012 Eric Beidel	Soldier Energy Needs Outpacing Technology, Policy The military over the past decade has been grappling with the issue of power and its effects on everything from the mundane -- like microwaves and coffee pots -- to the sustainment of troops on foot patrols.
National Defense October 2013 Dan Parsons	Army's Battlefield Network Requires New Thinking on Soldier Power The Army is interested in fielding novel technologies that accomplish more than simply removing pounds from a soldier's load, said Steve Mapes, product lead for soldier power at Program Executive Office Soldier.
Popular Mechanics March 6, 2008 Emily Masamitsu	Startup Makes Cheap Solar Film Cells ... With an Inkjet Printer Konarka Technologies has successfully manufactured thin solar cells using an inkjet printer.
National Defense July 2007 Breanne Wagner	Solar Energy Charges Soldiers' Batteries The Army is developing solar panel technology to power surveillance cameras on rooftops in Iraq.
Chemistry World September 2, 2014 Jon Cartwright	Flexible solar cell woven into fabric There could soon be a way to power wearable electronics indefinitely, now that scientists in China have developed a solar cell 'textile' that could be woven into clothes.
PC Magazine April 4, 2008 Frank Washburn	Charging Into the Future Researchers are upgrading lithium ion and green-alternative batteries for increasingly power-hungry mobile devices.
National Defense June 2014 Valerie Insinna	Companies Developing Wireless Battery System for Soldiers The Army is testing a system that would be able to move power wirelessly to and from the conformal battery in a soldier's vest, allowing him to charge it and power certain devices without being tethered to an outlet.
National Defense October 2015 Jon Harper	The Army Wants to Power Up Dismounted Soldiers As the demand for power for dismounted troops grows, U.S. military researchers and industry are looking for cutting edge technologies to both supply energy and lighten soldiers' loads.
National Defense August 2012 Dan Parsons	Power Supply A Consistent Challenge As Troops Use More Gadgets U.S. troops have a technological advantage over most enemies. But each new gadget they wield comes with a need for power and, at-times, with a hidden logistical tail.
Chemistry World April 4, 2010 Simon Hadlington	New electrolyte for dye-based solar cells Researchers have moved a step closer to overcoming one of the key hurdles to developing low-cost solar cells based on dye-coated titanium dioxide.
National Defense May 2011 Sandra I. Erwin	Army, Marines Face Uphill Battle To Lighten Troops' Battery Load Troops deploy with more electronic gear than ever: Flashlights, radios, GPS receivers, computers, cameras, mp3 players, small robots, all of which have to be constantly charged.
Chemistry World January 31, 2007 Ned Stafford	Making Light Work The photovoltaic industry is nearing a breakthrough point, beyond which production capacity will soar, offering consumers a wide variety of options at much lower prices.
Technology Research News December 1, 2004 Kimberly Patch	Solar Cell Doubles as Battery Scientists have designed a single, compact device that can both convert solar energy to electricity and store the electricity.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2006 Courtney E. Howard	Fueling the Future The U.S. Army is tapping various electric and electronic power-supply technologies for next-generation Future Combat Systems soldiers and vehicles.
Popular Mechanics March 2009 Amber Fields	The Window to Energy Saving These color-coated glass or plastic plates with solar cells around the edges could increase the efficiency of existing solar panels by as much as 50 percent.
Chemistry World April 7, 2011 Carl Saxton	Power sources get flexible US scientists have designed an ultra-thin, flexible battery with the highest charge capacity reported for thin film cells. The battery can also be charged at a lower voltage than lithium ion batteries.
IndustryWeek May 1, 2007 Jill Jusko	A Better Way To Manufacture Flexible Solar Cells Researchers create technique for making flexible solar cells.
IEEE Spectrum January 2011 Neil Savage	Electronics on Anything Chemical trick puts solar cells and other electronics on rice paper, Saran wrap, and more practical things, too
National Defense February 2007 David Axe	Army Seeks Light, Efficient Batteries to Meet Insatiable Energy Demand In an Army that heavily depends on battery-operated devices to do its job, the complaints are well documented: Batteries are too heavy, too bulky and not very user-friendly.
National Defense August 2008 Grace V. Jean	Harnessing the Sun's Energy Through Transparent Photovoltaics Researchers here have developed a small transparent solar cell prototype that may one day capture sunlight streaming in through a window and produce enough electricity to power homes and office buildings.
IEEE Spectrum July 2006 Prachi Patel-Predd	Traveling Light On a three-day mission, a Special Forces soldier might lug along 12 kilograms of batteries. But now the military is developing micro fuel cells that could weigh half as much as batteries, and could be recharged -- or rather refilled.
Technology Research News March 12, 2003 Kimberly Patch	Cheap solar power on deck Researchers from the University of California at Santa Barbara have come up with a new type of solar cell that may be much less expensive to manufacture than today's solar cells and can be improved to be nearly as efficient.
National Defense October 2011 Grace V. Jean	Army Deploying Robotic 'Mule' To Troops in Afghanistan The Army is deploying an unmanned ground vehicle to troops in Afghanistan for a several-month long evaluation in combat operations.
National Defense June 2012 Dan Parsons	Effort to Reduce Battery Weight May Soon Hit Brick Wall Industry and military scientists continue the search for lighter and more efficient batteries, with a renewed focus on reducing loads carried by soldiers that affect their mobility and health.
Chemistry World September 13, 2006 Mark Peplow	Solar Cells Reach Into the Infrared A dye molecule that efficiently harvests the energy of near infrared light could boost the output from the next generation of solar cells.
The Motley Fool January 20, 2006 Dan Bloom	Is the Price of Power Getting You Down? Nanotechnology may dramatically lower solar cell production costs. Investors, take note.
National Defense April 2007 Stew Magnuson	Soldier Devices Create Voracious Demand for Better Batteries Batteries may be in limited supply on the battlefield if the latest electronic gear for soldiers doesn't see improvements in power technology.
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Chemistry World August 24, 2015 Tim Wogan	Ultralight solar cells designed to drive drones An ultrathin, flexible, stretchable and lightweight 'solar foil' has been produced from perovskite solar cells by researchers in Austria.
BusinessWeek July 28, 2003 Otis Port	Super Soldiers New materials and technologies could boost the mobility and safety of U.S. troops
Technology Research News July 28, 2004	Process prints silicon on plastic The components could be used in flexible large-area displays, radiofrequency ID tags, sensors, and flexible applications like reconfigurable antennas.
IEEE Spectrum June 2010 Peter Fairley	GE Warms Up to Cadmium Solar Cells Plans to compete with First Solar and other leaders in 2011
Technology Research News June 30, 2004	Paper promises better e-paper It is clear that computer displays will someday be thin and flexible enough to roll up, enabled by plastic electronics.
Technology Research News July 16, 2003 Kimberly Patch	Electricity shapes nano plastic Plastic is a popular material for electronics these days because it's light and flexible. But today's chipmaking processes tend toward hard crystals, not soft polymers. A method that yields microscopic plastic structures could help, and it's based on a readily-available resource -- electricity.
The Motley Fool August 17, 2007 Jack Uldrich	Slimmer Solar Grows Up Investment in thin-film solar technology is beginning to take off. While the new thin-films are less efficient than silicon-based solar cells, they can be manufactured much more easily, and expected to be very cost-competitive.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2010 John McHale	Glitter-Sized Photovoltaics May Turn Hats, Shirts, and Pants Into Power-Producing Solar Cells Sandia National Laboratories has developed tiny glitter-sized photovoltaic cells that could turn a person into a walking solar battery charger.
National Defense July 2004	Army, First Responders Getting the Hook Soldiers and first responders soon will get the hook, literally. In this case, the hook is an Army Natick Soldier Center-designed device that will be used to scale walls and buildings and board boats.
Chemistry World April 18, 2013 Yuandi Li	Reducing the cost of perovskite solar cells A new way of making semiconducting perovskite-based solar cells could result in photovoltaic devices that are 70% cheaper than current commercial models, say UK scientists.
IEEE Spectrum February 2012 Neil Savage	Nanostructures Catch the Light Razor-thin solar cells could be cheap but need a little help holding light in
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Chemistry World May 31, 2012 Phillip Broadwith	Dyeing for a place in the sun It is clear that dye-sensitized solar cells are beginning to find their feet alongside their silicon cousins. The next few years will be exciting for both academic and industrial players
Chemistry World June 19, 2014 William Bergius	Organic solar cells reach manufacturing milestone Scientists in Denmark have devised a rapid, scalable and industrially viable way to manufacture large sheets of flexible organic tandem solar cells.
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U.S. CPSC October 14, 2005	Hewlett-Packard Company Recall of Notebook Computer Batteries An internal short can cause the battery cells to overheat and melt or char the plastic case, posing a burn and fire hazard.
Chemistry World September 26, 2014 Tim Wogan	Perovskite solar cells show hydrogen production promise A new, highly efficient process for splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen has been demonstrated by researchers in Switzerland.
Chemistry World October 14, 2015 Tim Wogan	Displacing precious metals in solar cells A new iron-based complex to sensitize large-bandgap semiconductors in dye-sensitized solar cells has been produced by researchers in Sweden.