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Local Solar Energy Tech Firm to Present at Conference [Pan African News Agency](Pan African News Agency Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) BioSolar Inc., Santa Clarita-based producer of innovative bio-based solar energy products and developer of a breakthrough supercapacitor technology, announced that its innovative BioSuperCap technology will be presented at Supercapacitors USA 2014 at Santa Clara during the week of Nov. 19, 2014. Dr. David Lee, the company's CEO commented, "We are honored to have Dr. Vonlanthen represent BioSolar at this prestigious Supercapacitors USA 2014 meeting. Dr. Vonlanthen's unmatched scientific knowledge and leadership in the field of polymer electrodes, as well as organic, ionic and porous systems for energy applications, have been the foundation of BioSolar's BioSuperCap Technology." Dr. Vonlanthen is currently working with Nobel laureate Dr. Alan Heeger at the University of California, Santa Barbara to create inexpensive supercapacitors. He is an author of numerous high impact and peer-reviewed publications in the field of energy research. Dr. Vonlanthen is an expert in polymer electrodes, as well as organic, ionic and porous systems for energy applications, and is an inventor on several international patents. He was working with multiple industry (Osram, Siemens, VTT, IBM) and university partners before he joined UCSB. Dr. Vonlanthen holds a Ph.D. and Master in Chemistry from the University of Basel, Switzerland, where he was working with the Vice President of the University on novel organic semiconductor materials for solution-processable OLEDs. During this period, he served as a spokesman of the University for a large international academic-industry research consortium. Dr. Vonlanthen was recently awarded with multiple research grants from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF), from the Fred and Linda R. Wudl Chair for his outstanding work on inexpensive supercapacitors. Unlike conventional supercapacitors made from expensive materials such as activated carbon electrodes, solvents and organic electrolytes, BioSuperCap will be made from an inexpensive conductive polymer electrode and with inexpensive electrolytes. Additionally, BioSuperCap materials are non-flammable, non-explosive and environmentally friendly, making it a safer device than conventional supercapacitors in more applications. (c) 2014 PANAPRESS. All rights reserved. Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (Syndigate.info). |