:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1760900/1760990/original.jpg "Dr. Stefan Matlok (left) and Dr. Bernd Eckardt received the Joseph von Fraunhofer Prize for developing a new generation of DC/DC converters.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1759200/1759219/original.jpg "Demand for stationary battery systems is rising, while at the same time it is predicted that the growing market for electric vehicles will generate an increasing supply of \"used\" car batteries. Most of these batteries can have a useful second life within a stationary battery application, provided they are installed in a suitable Battery Electric Storage System (BESS).")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1757000/1757004/original.jpg "Electrostatic chuck design with feature.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1757500/1757509/original.jpg "Fast, gentle and reliable: The Fraunhofer ILT has come up with a process tailor-made to ablate anode material from very thin copper foils at up to 1760 mm³/min. It uses a powerful USP laser to expose surfaces for electrical contacts.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1760200/1760206/original.jpg "Intel Capital Joins Existing Investors to Commercialize Certain Nanowire-LED Technologies for Mobile Displays")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1759700/1759726/original.jpg "Leading renewable energy companies from a diverse cross-section of the solar industry have joined together to launch the Ultra Low-Carbon Solar Alliance.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1758800/1758859/original.jpg "The hydrogen-powered Coradia iLint train.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1758200/1758280/original.jpg "The startup Lapp Mobility, which is focused on charging solutions, expects sales growth of 20% in 2021.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1759800/1759896/original.jpg "A Skeleton Technologies UL-certified ultracapacitor.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1757500/1757570/original.jpg "\"Performance analysis of active and passive equalizer circuits for lithium-ion cells\" by Francesco Porpora, the winner of the third place of the PCIM Young Engineer Award 2020")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1756400/1756443/original.jpg "Today, there is a worldwide impetus to reduce our carbon footprint by electrifying society. Therefore 125m electric vehicles are planned until 2030.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1755000/1755027/original.jpg "Harald Fitzek, Christian Prehal and Qamar Abbas (from left) at the SAXS facility SAXSpoint 2.0 (Anton Paar GmbH): With their work at Graz University of Technology, the researchers are providing new insights into hybrid supercapacitors.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1739600/1739613/original.jpg "A mercury rectifier on display in Switzerland before being decommissioned.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1717500/1717517/original.jpg "Counterfeit semiconductors can cause field failures, financial losses and damage to the brand's reputation. Companies therefore need to protect themselves against these counterfeit products.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1706700/1706793/original.jpg "Industrial Internet of Things tools – smart sensors, Big Data, and machine learning – can bring greater insight, more productivity and reduced downtime to predictive maintenance strategies")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1694700/1694722/original.jpg "Calibration of electronic instruments and equipment is as necessary as it is water to us humans. It is basically an upkeep which guarantees the smooth working of the electronic equipment.")
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Although lithium-ion has long since been hailed as the future of advanced batteries, the technology has several limitations and flaws that have encouraged manufacturers and researchers to consider alternatives as the world sits on the verge of a power revolution.
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Lithium-ion batteries are responsible for the power behind your smartphone, laptop, and virtually any rechargeable device you own—automobiles like the Tesla even rely on them.
Despite its widespread use and its incredible history of success, however, lithium-ion batteries are not perfect. From high-profile fires to the rising cost of lithium, there are many reasons why experts are scrambling to find a safer, more efficient, and less expensive substance to power tomorrow's electronics.
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:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1681000/1681080/original.jpg "The humble battery is by far one of the most crucial enabling technologies of the 21 st
Century.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1700700/1700751/original.jpg "New research by engineers at MIT and elsewhere could lead to batteries that can pack more power per pound and last longer.")