Nanotechnology can be used to redesign many of the devices and technologies used in energy generation and storage – including batteries and photovoltaic cells – improving their performance beyond what otherwise would be possible to make them cheaper and more efficient.
nRadiance Energy systems is working on the development of a new generation of metal air-battery and Fuel Cell cathodes, supercapacitors and photovoltaics using carbon nanotubes. Because of their unique electrical and physical properties, incorporating carbon nanotubes films into these devices will make them more cost-effictive and robust, easier to produce and more efficient.
One of the main areas nRadioance Energy Systems has been working on is developing an alternative to the very expensive plantinum electrodes used in many fuel cells.
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