• Cheaper and more reliable polymer solar cells that avoid costly and unstable fullerenes

      29/04/2016
    Polymer solar cells can be even cheaper and more reliable thanks to a breakthrough by scientists at Linköping University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). This work avoids costly and unstable fullerenes. Polymer solar cells have in recent years emerged as a low cost alternative to silicon solar cells. In order to obtain high efficiency, fullerenes are usually required in polymer solar cells to separate charge carriers. However, fullerenes are unstable under illumination, and form large crystals at high temperatures.  
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  • Global carbon black market expected to cross US$28 bln by 2022

      29/04/2016
    The global carbon black market is expected to reach US$28.05 bln by 2022, according to a report by Grand View Research, Inc. Increasing automotive sales and consequent rise in tire production is expected to drive industry growth over the forecast period. High demand for plastics and high performance coatings in automotive manufacturing is also expected to have a positive influence on the market growth.  
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  • EIA says coal drops to 29.6% of US energy mix on generation declines

      29/04/2016
    Coal dropped to 29.6% of US utility-scale power generation in February as natural gas and renewables each captured greater market share, the US Energy Information Administration said Thursday.  
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  • Vietnam forecast to grow 6.8 pct this year

      29/04/2016
    Vietnam is forecast to grow 6.8 percent in 2016 and 6.9 percent in 2017, according to the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific, released by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) on April 28.  
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  • Second quarter economic growth approximates 6.17 percent, expert forecasts

      28/04/2016
    Second quarter economic growth this year is estimated to approximate 6.17 percent and inflation may increase by 0.73 percent over the first quarter, forecast head of the Central Economic Management Institute Dr. Nguyen Dinh Cung at a seminar in Hanoi yesterday.  
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