Power and Electrical Engineering

Power and Electrical Engineering

Fraunhofer ISE Sets New Record for Multicrystalline Silicon Cells

Multicrystalline silicon, the work horse of the photovoltaic industry, dominates the PV module production worldwide with a market share of 57 percent. In the…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Generate Electricity While Flying: Harnessing Wind Power

Anyone who has ever flown a kite during a strong windstorm is familiar with the kind of power tugging at the kite’s line. Stunt kites and drones can utilize…

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Additives Enhance Thin Film Quality for Solar Cells

Thin films for use in solar cells are more effective when simple chemicals called glycol ethers are added to the film-forming mix, a KAUST team has found.

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Solar-to-Fuel System Converts CO2 to Ethanol and Ethylene

Scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have harnessed the power of photosynthesis to convert carbon…

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Flexible OLEDs: New Adjustable Color Designs for Lighting

With their unique characteristics like bendabilty, segmentation, transparency, and their nearly unlimited range of shapes, organic light-emitting diodes…

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Ionic Winds: New Insights Into Flame and Electric Field Interaction

Min Suk Cha and coworkers had developed a theoretical model explaining how ions in a flame respond to electric fields. For their latest work, the researchers…

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Discover the Solar Cells Technology Center 4.0 Initiative

Photovoltaics of the University of Stuttgart (ipv) and the International Solar Energy Research Center (ISC), founded the “Solar Cells Technology Center 4.0” to…

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Supercharging Silicon Batteries for Sustainable Energy Solutions

As the world shifts towards renewable energy, moving on from fossil fuels, but at the same time relying on ever more energy-gobbling devices, there is a…

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Stanford Research Unveils Electric-Free Cooling System

Research published in 2014 first showed the cooling capabilities of the optical surface on its own. Now, Fan and former research associates Aaswath Raman and…

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Engineers Create Tools for Sharing Renewable Power During Outages

If you think you can use the solar panels on your roof to power your home during an outage, think again. During an outage, while your home remains connected to…

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Enzymes Challenge Platinum in Next-Gen Electricity Production

In recent years, the identification of biocatalysts, enzymes with remarkable properties, has revitalized research in this area: their oxygen, and especially…

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Specialty Light Sources: A New Way to Analyze Air Pollution

Generally any substance that people introduce into the atmosphere that has damaging effects on living things and the environment is considered air pollution.

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New Solar Cell Achieves 35.4% Efficiency Breakthrough

A cooperation of the Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin (ISFH) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) reaches a certified one-sun energy…

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Robotic System Tracks Neuron Signals in Living Brains

Recording electrical signals from inside a neuron in the living brain can reveal a great deal of information about that neuron's function and how it…

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Ultrafast Electromechanical Switches: Advancements in PiezoMEMS

Piezo micro electro mechanical systems (piezoMEMS) are miniaturized devices exhibiting piezoelectricity, i.e., the appearance of an electric charge under…

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New Conformal Metasurface Coating Reduces Crosstalk in Waveguides

“Imagine the water faucet in your home, which is an essential every-day device,” said Douglas H. Werner, John L. and Genevieve H. McCain Chair Professor of…

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