Hardware
Most space satellites are powered by photovoltaic cells that convert sunlight to electricity. Exposure to certain types of radiation present in orbit can damage the devices, degrading their performance and limiting their ...
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Engineering
Railway transport is deemed to be optimal to bring people or goods from one place to another in a climate-friendly manner. However, reduced capacities, frequent delays, and a partly unfavorable sequencing of trains lead to ...
Sep 13, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Researchers at the University of Toronto and the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology have recently created new solution-processed perovskite photodetectors that exhibit remarkable efficiencies and response times. ...
Aug 29, 2022 feature
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Energy & Green Tech
Kesterite Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 is an emerging and promising green photovoltaic material, as it is abundant on Earth, does not harm the environment, and has a stable structure, a great tunability and advantageous optoelectronic ...
Aug 24, 2022 feature
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Solar cells based on organic molecules offer potential advantages over conventional devices for converting light into electricity. These organic solar cells could be inexpensive, durable, and easy to make. However, organic ...
Aug 15, 2022
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Engineering
Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors are semiconducting materials with thicknesses on the atomic scale, which have exceptional electronic properties. In the future, these materials could have the potential to replace silicon ...
Jul 4, 2022 feature
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Software
Load carriers such as pallets, crates or tanks are indispensable for transporting all kinds of products, but hardly ever get any of the limelight themselves. Fraunhofer researchers have devoted themselves to this topic and ...
Jul 1, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors are a class of semiconducting materials with thicknesses on the atomic scale. These materials have numerous advantageous properties, including good mobilities at thicknesses below 1 nm, ...
Jun 28, 2022 feature
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Energy & Green Tech
Among post-lithium-ion battery technologies, rechargeable magnesium (Mg) batteries utilizing divalent Mg2+ as charge carriers are expected to offer substantial improvements in volumetric energy density and sustainability ...
Jun 27, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Researchers in Sweden report that they are closing in on a way to replace batteries for wearables and low-power applications in the internet of things (IoT). The answer lies in an ink coating that enables low-grade heat, ...
Jun 15, 2022
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