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Products: Materials
New products for March 2023, including a battery interconnect system, silicon nitride bearing balls, and more.
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Briefs: Energy
The newly developed anode-free battery has a volumetric energy density of 977 Wh/L which is 40 percent higher than the conventional batteries (700 wh/L).
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Products: Energy
See what's new on the market in February 2023, including connectors for energy storage systems, power supplies, and more.
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Blog: Materials
Instead of disposing of batteries after three years, we could have recyclable batteries that last three times longer.
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INSIDER: Energy

Researchers at Arizona State University and Northrop Grumman are working on a new project to create power transistors from diamond. The results could yield efficiencies that significantly shrink the size of electrical...

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Briefs: Materials
The invention consists of several NTAC layers arranged in a radially concentric series separated by a vacuum gap space.
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Briefs: Energy
The work could lead to improvements in the energy density of lithium batteries that power electric vehicles.
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Articles: Power
Light Electric Vehicles (LEVs) such as golf carts have been traditionally powered by lead-acid batteries.
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Briefs: Energy
Researchers have developed a technique that will allow for faster communication systems and better energy-saving electronics.
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INSIDER: Mechanical & Fluid Systems

Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Elisa Riedo and her team have discovered a fundamental friction law that is leading to a deeper understanding of energy...

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Articles: Green Design & Manufacturing
Research and development work continue to deliver cleaner, more efficient, and more diverse ways of generating the energy we need to power modern society.
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Articles: Energy
When solar panels are placed horizontally, they harvest 15-20 percent less energy from the sun, and hence consumers end up paying a higher price for the harvested energy.
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INSIDER: Energy

Electrical machines consume nearly half of all the electrical power generated worldwide, making them one of the top contributors to...

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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers

A first-ever simulation of aluminum conductivity offers a recipe for an inexpensive substitute for copper.

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INSIDER: Power

Princeton Engineering researchers have developed the first perovskite solar cell with a commercially viable lifetime, marking a major milestone for an emerging class of...

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Articles: Power
Cylindrical cells are one of the most common battery types used in electric vehicles. Tesla recently improved on the typical cylindrical cell design, developing a new tab design that allows for a much larger cell.
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Briefs: Design
In batteries, electrolyte is the circulating “blood” that keeps the energy flowing. The electrolyte forms by dissolving salts in solvents, resulting in charged ions that flow between the positive and negative electrodes.
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Briefs: Energy
Have we found a better alternative to lithium-ion batteries?
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Briefs: Energy
Additional applications include defogging/defrosting, wearable devices, industrial heat systems, sensors, thermochromic displays, and microfluidic chips.
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Briefs: Energy
The material remains effective as an energy harvester or sensor at temperatures to well above 572°F.
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Briefs: Aerospace
Advanced analyses shed light on the mechanism of a deadly problem plaguing combustion chambers in rocket engines.
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Briefs: Energy
Vanillin is converted into a redox-active electrolyte material for liquid batteries.
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Briefs: Energy
Scientists have been trying for years to create biofuels and other bioproducts more cheaply.
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Briefs: Energy
The device uses a thermoelectric module to generate voltage and current from the temperature gradient between the cell and the air.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory is leading the development of new lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery designs specific to the stationary storage requirements.
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Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
The design could someday enable a fully decarbonized power grid.
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Briefs: Energy
A highly sensitive system for detecting the production of hydrogen gas can foster the development of hydrogen as an alternative to fossil fuels.
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Briefs: Energy
Hydrogen has emerged as an important carrier to store energy generated by renewable resources, as a substitute for fossil fuels used for transportation, in the production of ammonia, and for other industrial applications.
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Articles: Green Design & Manufacturing
Sustainability isn’t just about making sure your discarded water bottle is recycled. It’s also about teaming with global entities to form innovative, technologically solid partnerships.
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