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Your destination for advances in renewable energy, energy storage technologies, and trends in portable solar power, energy harvesting, wind power, and alternative energy. Design engineers will find the latest applications and multimedia resources including videos, white papers, webinars, and technical briefs.

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Briefs: Energy
An international research collaboration led by UCLA has developed a way to use perovskite in solar cells while protecting it from the conditions that cause it to deteriorate.
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Briefs: Energy
Scientists created a zinc battery with a biodegradable electrolyte from an unexpected source — crab shells.
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Briefs: Energy
The commercially relevant approach opens a potential pathway to improve charging speeds for electric vehicles.
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Briefs: AR/AI
Researchers have developed a quadrupedal robot control technology that can walk robustly with agility even in deformable terrain such as sandy beach.
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Quiz: Power
Did you know that electric vehicles have been around for over a century? Test your knowledge about the history of EVs in this quiz.
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INSIDER: Green Design & Manufacturing
A new battery design could help ease integration of renewable energy into the nation’s electrical grid at lower cost, using Earth-abundant metals, according to a study just...
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INSIDER: Automotive
When aging vehicle batteries lack the juice to power your car anymore, they may still hold energy. Yet it’s tough to find new uses for lithium-ion batteries with different makers, ages, and sizes....
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INSIDER: Transportation
Flexible polymers made with a new generation of the Nobel-winning “click chemistry” reaction find use in capacitors and other applications.
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Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The all-terrain walking mech’s aim is to give humans the size and strength of giants. It does just that — times 50.
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Q&A: Energy
Zhiqun (Daniel) Deng and a team of researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) are working to develop a nanogenerator that harnesses the renewable energy of open ocean waves to power observation platforms, and more, in the middle of the ocean.
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Application Briefs: Materials
Houston-based startup Downhole Emerging Technologies used direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) as the additive solution to 3D print durable materials necessary for geothermal energy applications.
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Blog: Research Lab
The first study on how purified boron nitride nanotubes remain stable in extreme temperatures in inert environments.
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Articles: Electronics & Computers
SAE's WCX World Congress Experience, will be held from April 18-20, in Detroit, MI.
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Videos of the Month: Materials
Videos of the month for March 2023.
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Articles: Energy
Cooling plates provide leak-free coolant flow that improves battery performance and extends battery life.
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Products: Energy
New products for March 2023, including a battery interconnect system, silicon nitride bearing balls, and more.
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Briefs: Energy
A new battery design could help ease integration of renewable energy into the nation's electrical grid at lower cost, using Earth-abundant metals.
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Briefs: Materials
Sodium-Ion Battery Anode for Energy Storage
The high cost and limited supply of lithium necessitate the development of alternative energy storage systems.
Briefs: Energy
Improving Accuracy of Battery Charge Measurement
The issue of battery usage inefficiency in EVs resulting from an inaccurate battery charge measurement may finally get resolved.
Briefs: Automotive
A research team has developed technology that could prevent electric vehicle fires, like those caused by saltwater flooding from Hurricane Ian.
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Briefs: Energy
The polymeric solid electrolyte realized a wide potential window, a high Li-ion conductivity, and a high Li-ion transference number.
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Briefs: Energy
24M Technologies has simplified Li-ion battery production with a new design that requires fewer materials and steps to manufacture each cell.
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Briefs: Design
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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Articles: Power
The ability to charge electric vehicles at a very fast rate is a key to electrifying mobility across the U.S.
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Articles: Power
A robust EV battery-recycling industry has moved to a necessity as automakers, and their suppliers, transition away from internal combustion.
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Articles: Energy
India is a fast-growing market for electric vehicles, with one study predicting that over 30 percent of the vehicles sold in India will be electric by 2030.
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INSIDER: Lighting Technology
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)’s historic achievement of fusion ignition Dec. 5 at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) positions the United States...
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Quiz: Materials
Many companies and universities are partnering to develop EV battery-recycling technologies. But can EV batteries be recycled?
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