Energy & Green Tech
Solar cells are vital for the green energy transition. They can be used not only on rooftops and solar farms but also for powering autonomous vehicles, such as planes and satellites. However, photovoltaic solar cells are ...
Aug 25, 2022
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Robotics
A new form of flexible photodetector could provide future robots with an electronic skin capable of "seeing" light beyond the range of human vision.
Jul 13, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Today, it is widely accepted that the large Auger coefficient is the main cause for the large (~50%) efficiency droop in traditional hexagonal-phase InGaAlN LEDs. Yet, this explanation is inadequate to account for the low ...
Apr 27, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has successfully raised the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of its transparent Cu2O solar cell to 8.4 percent, the world's highest level for a reported Cu2O solar cell. With the ...
Dec 22, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
A research group at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) has developed a method for making an ultra-high material efficient solar cell using semiconductor nanowires. If this is placed on top of a traditional ...
Nov 5, 2021
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Engineering
An Army-funded project may boost 5G and mm-Wave technologies, improving military communications and sensing equipment.
Nov 21, 2019
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Engineering
Imagine a world where smartphones, laptops, wearables, and other electronics are powered without batteries. Researchers from MIT and elsewhere have taken a step in that direction, with the first fully flexible device that ...
Jan 28, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
Two news items about Sunnyvale, California-based Alta Devices drew attention recently.
Dec 20, 2018 weblog
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Energy & Green Tech
The cost of solar power is beginning to reach price parity with cheaper fossil fuel-based electricity in many parts of the world, yet the clean energy source still accounts for just slightly more than 1 percent of the world's ...
Aug 29, 2016
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Energy & Green Tech
Hanergy has launched solar-powered cars and they can be commercialized, in an announcement from Bejing earlier this month.
Jul 10, 2016 weblog
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