Power and Electrical Engineering

Power and Electrical Engineering

Smart Windows Illuminate Automatically on Rainy Days

Recently, a Korean research team has developed the source technology for smart windows that change colors according to the amount of moisture, without needing…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Electric Pulses Shape 3D-Printed Metal Parts Efficiently

Complex technical systems like the engines that power cars, planes or rockets are made from a large number of highly specialized metal components. To ensure…

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Skoltech scientists get a sneak peek of a key process in battery 'life'

A solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) is a thin layer of electrolyte reduction products formed on the surface of a lithium-ion battery anode during several…

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New Spreadable Interlayer Enhances Solid State Battery Stability

“This interlayer makes the battery cell significantly more stable, and therefore able to withstand much higher current density. What is also important is that…

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New Protein Nanowire Sensor Detects Ammonia Gas Efficiently

Writing in the journal NanoResearch, a team at the University of Massachusetts Amherst reports this week that they have developed bioelectronic ammonia gas…

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H2020 Grant Advances Perovskite Lighting and Wearables

Perovskites are an emerging technology for OLAE-based devices that have the potential to revolutionize the photovoltaic sector and also the lighting sector….

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Advancing Non-Toxic Perovskite Solar Cells with Tin

Halogenide perovskites with tin instead of lead should show excellent optical properties, but in practice, their efficiencies are mediocre and decrease…

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Fraunhofer ISE’s CalLab PV Modules Improves Measurement Uncertainty to Record Value of 1.1 %

Measurement uncertainty is a decisive factor for both quality assurance in module production and for investments in PV power plants. Module manufacturers who…

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Nano-Sensors Transform Patient Care and Treatment Solutions

In the medical field, flexible and highly sensitive sensors can combine diagnostics and treatment with high comfort for patients.

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Real-Time Methanol Synthesis: Insights from Fraunhofer ISE Miniplant

Here, the main focus of the investigations is on dynamic reactor operation and unconventional gas compositions using hydrogen produced by electrolysis and gas…

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Pure Red LEDs Enhance Display Technologies for Better Clarity

“Electrical engineers can already make bright LEDs using varying materials to produce different colors. But to improve display technologies, engineers must…

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New Method Measures Lithium-Ion Battery State Efficiently

Rechargeable batteries are at the heart of many new technologies involving, for example, the increased use of renewable energies. More specifically, they are…

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Fossil Fuel-Free Jet Propulsion: Harnessing Air Plasmas

Humans depend on fossil fuels as their primary energy source, especially in transportation. However, fossil fuels are both unsustainable and unsafe, serving as…

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Photosynthetic Hydrogen: Bacteria Powering Future Energy

The transition from fossil fuels to a renewable energy supply is one of the most important global challenges of the 21st century. In order to achieve the…

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Next-Gen Solar Cells Show Heat Resistance and Efficiency

A problem with the current generation of silicon solar cells is their relatively low efficiency at converting solar energy into electricity, said Vikram Dalal,…

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Engineers Create Stable Halide Perovskites for Solar Cells

Soft and flexible materials called halide perovskites could make solar cells more efficient at significantly less cost, but they're too unstable to use.

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