EBRD expects 30% GDP contraction in Ukraine in 2022, lowers emerging Europe projections
Belarus’ looming economic crisis
Dark days for Belarusian potash
Emerging Europe growth to fall to an average of 3% this year, says wiiw
EBRD 2022: Russia and the war in Ukraine dominate the EBRD’s annual meeting
Georgians take up arms against Russia in Ukraine
Anti-war protesters stage die-in at Soviet War Memorial during Victory Day commemorations
EBRD expects 30% GDP contraction in Ukraine in 2022, lowers emerging Europe projections
EBRD 2022: Russia and the war in Ukraine dominate the EBRD’s annual meeting
Georgians take up arms against Russia in Ukraine
Anti-war protesters stage die-in at Soviet War Memorial during Victory Day commemorations
EBRD expects 30% GDP contraction in Ukraine in 2022, lowers emerging Europe projections
EBRD expects 30% GDP contraction in Ukraine in 2022, lowers emerging Europe projections
Lithuania launches GIPL gas link with Poland
Baltic states find themselves on the inflation frontline
Emerging Europe growth to fall to an average of 3% this year, says wiiw
EBRD expects 30% GDP contraction in Ukraine in 2022, lowers emerging Europe projections
Czech unemployment rate down to 3.3% in April
Czech central bank hikes rates by 75bp to tame soaring inflation
Smejc to take over as PPF chief executive
EBRD expects 30% GDP contraction in Ukraine in 2022, lowers emerging Europe projections
Consortium led by Hungary’s richest man wins 35-year motorway concession
Impairments and provisions on Russian and Ukraine operations puts Hungary’s OTP in red in Q1
Hungarian government weighs alternatives to Russian energy
EBRD expects 30% GDP contraction in Ukraine in 2022, lowers emerging Europe projections
NEMETHY: How will the war in Ukraine affect Emerging Markets?
Polish inflation ‘out of control’ as jump to 12.3% y/y in April sets stage for radical interest hike
BOOK REVIEW: How the handling of migration from the eastern EU states pushed the UK towards Brexit
EBRD expects 30% GDP contraction in Ukraine in 2022, lowers emerging Europe projections
Slovak MPs reject prosecutors’ request to strip ex-PM Fico of his immunity in Purgatory case
Czechs join Slovakia and Hungary in demanding exemption from EU embargo on Russian oil
BOOK REVIEW: How the handling of migration from the eastern EU states pushed the UK towards Brexit
EBRD expects 30% GDP contraction in Ukraine in 2022, lowers emerging Europe projections
Public debt starts to decline in the Western Balkans
Western Balkan countries face new economic challenges with growth set to slow to 3.1% this year
Where the 11 Southeast European states stand on the Ukraine war
EBRD expects 30% GDP contraction in Ukraine in 2022, lowers emerging Europe projections
Public debt starts to decline in the Western Balkans
Western Balkan countries face new economic challenges with growth set to slow to 3.1% this year
Where the 11 Southeast European states stand on the Ukraine war
EBRD expects 30% GDP contraction in Ukraine in 2022, lowers emerging Europe projections
Bulgaria considers vetoing EU’s embargo on Russian oil imports
Former Bulgarian PM launches new party to woo pro-Russian voters
Where the 11 Southeast European states stand on the Ukraine war
EBRD expects 30% GDP contraction in Ukraine in 2022, lowers emerging Europe projections
Travel tech company OYO acquires Croatia’s Direct Booker
Where the 11 Southeast European states stand on the Ukraine war
Emerging Europe growth to fall to an average of 3% this year, says wiiw
EBRD expects 30% GDP contraction in Ukraine in 2022, lowers emerging Europe projections
Public debt starts to decline in the Western Balkans
Western Balkan countries face new economic challenges with growth set to slow to 3.1% this year
Where the 11 Southeast European states stand on the Ukraine war
EBRD expects 30% GDP contraction in Ukraine in 2022, lowers emerging Europe projections
President says Moldova not under threat despite latest Transnistria blasts
EU to support Moldovan army — but opposition Socialists call for Russian military presence
Where the 11 Southeast European states stand on the Ukraine war
EBRD expects 30% GDP contraction in Ukraine in 2022, lowers emerging Europe projections
Public debt starts to decline in the Western Balkans
Western Balkan countries face new economic challenges with growth set to slow to 3.1% this year
Where the 11 Southeast European states stand on the Ukraine war
EBRD expects 30% GDP contraction in Ukraine in 2022, lowers emerging Europe projections
Public debt starts to decline in the Western Balkans
Western Balkan countries face new economic challenges with growth set to slow to 3.1% this year
Where the 11 Southeast European states stand on the Ukraine war
EBRD expects 30% GDP contraction in Ukraine in 2022, lowers emerging Europe projections
Where the 11 Southeast European states stand on the Ukraine war
Moldova says “no signs” of Russian invasion
BOOK REVIEW: How the handling of migration from the eastern EU states pushed the UK towards Brexit
EBRD expects 30% GDP contraction in Ukraine in 2022, lowers emerging Europe projections
Public debt starts to decline in the Western Balkans
Western Balkan countries face new economic challenges with growth set to slow to 3.1% this year
Serbia to get Europe’s largest agro-solar plant
EBRD expects 30% GDP contraction in Ukraine in 2022, lowers emerging Europe projections
Where the 11 Southeast European states stand on the Ukraine war
BOOK REVIEW: How the handling of migration from the eastern EU states pushed the UK towards Brexit
Emerging Europe growth to fall to an average of 3% this year, says wiiw
Turkish scientists work on charging mobile phones using wearable organic solar cells
EBRD expects 30% GDP contraction in Ukraine in 2022, lowers emerging Europe projections
ISTANBUL BLOG: With official inflation a hair’s breadth from 70%, Turkey is on the tail of Zimbabwe
Turkey’s manufacturing PMI edges further into contraction territory in April
EBRD expects 30% GDP contraction in Ukraine in 2022, lowers emerging Europe projections
Azerbaijan and Armenia aim to ‘move quickly’ towards a peace agreement after Brussels talks
EBRD slashes 2022 growth forecasts but only nations embroiled in war to enter recession
Russia accuses Azerbaijan of breaching ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh
EBRD expects 30% GDP contraction in Ukraine in 2022, lowers emerging Europe projections
Azerbaijan and Armenia aim to ‘move quickly’ towards a peace agreement after Brussels talks
EBRD slashes 2022 growth forecasts but only nations embroiled in war to enter recession
Russia accuses Azerbaijan of breaching ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh
Georgians take up arms against Russia in Ukraine
EBRD expects 30% GDP contraction in Ukraine in 2022, lowers emerging Europe projections
Tourism revenues in Georgia roughly half of pre-crisis level in 12 months to March
EBRD slashes 2022 growth forecasts but only nations embroiled in war to enter recession
NEMETHY: How will the war in Ukraine affect Emerging Markets?
Iran claims it’s rejected US offers of sanctions removal in return for scrapping plan to avenge Soleimani
Half a million Iranians ‘expected to visit Qatar World Cup’, Doha and Tehran discuss tourism infrastructure cooperation during finals
LONG READ: Afghanistan key to uncorking Russia’s access to South Asia
EBRD expects 30% GDP contraction in Ukraine in 2022, lowers emerging Europe projections
PMI data show Kazakh manufacturing sector remaining in contraction territory in April
Will landlocked Kazakhstan prove a lure for Russian beach bums?
NEMETHY: How will the war in Ukraine affect Emerging Markets?
EBRD expects 30% GDP contraction in Ukraine in 2022, lowers emerging Europe projections
Perspectives | Does a Russian bank merit a sanctions waiver for Central Asia?
Kyrgyzstan alarmed by Tajikistan’s reported purchase of Bayraktar drones
LONG READ: Afghanistan key to uncorking Russia’s access to South Asia
EBRD expects 30% GDP contraction in Ukraine in 2022, lowers emerging Europe projections
Mongolia’s inflation headache goes from bad to worse as thirst for scarce dollars mounts
Hapless Mongolia struggles with a shortage of dollars
COMMENT: Russia poised to exploit Mongolia on Soyuz–Vostok pipeline
EBRD expects 30% GDP contraction in Ukraine in 2022, lowers emerging Europe projections
Perspectives | Does a Russian bank merit a sanctions waiver for Central Asia?
Kyrgyzstan alarmed by Tajikistan’s reported purchase of Bayraktar drones
Perspectives | Facing food crisis, Tajikistan returns to Washington with begging bowl
EBRD expects 30% GDP contraction in Ukraine in 2022, lowers emerging Europe projections
Perspectives | Does a Russian bank merit a sanctions waiver for Central Asia?
Turkmenistan: Serdar ascending
LONG READ: Afghanistan key to uncorking Russia’s access to South Asia
EBRD expects 30% GDP contraction in Ukraine in 2022, lowers emerging Europe projections
Perspectives | Does a Russian bank merit a sanctions waiver for Central Asia?
NEMETHY: How will the war in Ukraine affect Emerging Markets?
INVESTIGATION: New evidence raises questions over the EU’s decision to sanction Russian oligarch Usmanov’s sister
Download the pdf version
Download the pdf version
Download the pdf version
Download the pdf version
Imagine never needing to bother yourself with connecting your mobile phone to a charger thanks to wearable organic solar cells embroidered on clothes fabric. Such a breakthrough could one day become a commonplace technology thanks to the efforts of scientists at the arts and sciences faculty of Turkey’s Yildiz Technical University (YTU).
Faculty member and professor Serap Gunes and her team are working on processing solar cells into disposable bioplastics. So far they have successfully turned on light emitting diode (LED) laboratory lamps and charged a battery with power flows from such cells, according to a May 8 report from Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency news agency.
Gunes recently picked up the Academy 2022 prize of Turkey’s Energizing Women awards organised by the energy and natural resources ministry thanks to the solar energy project she is developing with seven colleagues at the YTU Organic Electronics Laboratory.
Gunes told the news agency that the team set out to explore the wearable technology after reflecting on whether a small solar panel weaved onto a shirt could produce energy while a person went about daily routines.
“The problem with wearable technologies is that the thin films you prepare spread over the entire surface of the fabric, you cannot spread them in a controlled manner. We thought that as a Velcro fabric, we should stick it, take it off, and not have any problems with washing,” she was quoted as saying.
“This work has evolved in other directions, such as: Let’s wear it like a raincoat or carry it on us like an umbrella. It attracted a lot of attention, we are currently continuing in this direction,” she added.
The bioplastic materials used in the wearable technology dissolve in water and are immediately soluble in nature, according to Gunes.
“You have produced your electricity, your work is done, wash it away, mix it with nature. It’s like a disposable solar cell. We are heading toward this point right now,” Gunes was also reported as saying.
The solar cell used in the technology consists of semiconductor material sandwiched between two metal electrodes. “We can easily produce these semiconductor materials using organic materials, that is, polymer-based materials, under laboratory conditions [that are made] more easily and cheaper,” she added.
Register here to continue reading this article and 8 more for free or
purchase 12 months full website access
Register to read the bne monthly magazine for free:
Already registered
Google Captcha Failed!
Password could contain only a-z0-9+*?[^]$(){}=!<>|:-_ characters and have 8-20 symbols length.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Take a trial of IntelliNews PRO, a premium daily news service aimed at professional investors that covers business, economics, finance and politics of Emerging Europe
Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply
Have a question? Email sales@intellinews.com
Please complete your registration by confirming your email address.
A confirmation email has been sent to the email address you provided.
Forgotten password?
Email field can’t be empty.
No user with this email address.
A confirmation email has been sent to the email address you provided.
Access recovery request has expired, or you are using the wrong recovery token. Please, try again.
Access recover request has expired. Please, try again.
To continue viewing our content you need to complete the registration process.
Please look for an email that was sent to with the subject line “Confirmation bne IntelliNews access”. This email will have instructions on how to complete registration process. Please check in your “Junk” folder in case this communication was misdirected in your email system.
If you have any questions please contact us at sales@intellinews.com
Sorry, but you have used all your free articles fro this month for bne IntelliNews. Subscribe to continue reading for only $119 per year.
Your subscription includes:
For the meantime we are also offering a free subscription to bne’s digital weekly newspaper to subscribers to the online package.
Click here for more subscription options, including to the print version of our flagship monthly magazine:
More subscription options
Take a trial to our premium daily news service aimed at professional investors that covers the 30 countries of emerging Europe:
Get IntelliNews PRO
For any other enquiries about our products or corporate discounts please contact us at sales@intellinews.com
If you no longer wish to receive our emails, unsubscribe here.
Magazine annual electronic subscription
Website & Archive annual subscription bne IntelliNews flagship magazine, delivered to your inbox
“>
Take a trial to our premium daily news service aimed at professional investors that covers the 30 countries of emerging Europe:
Get IntelliNews PRO
For any other enquiries about our products or corporate discounts please contact us at sales@intellinews.com
