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:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1763500/1763565/original.jpg "A battery is a device consisting of one or more electrochemical cells with external connections for powering electrical devices.")
: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/1774900/1774942/original.jpg "This article looks at the geographic origins of the inventions and innovation related to battery technologies to identify the top innovation centers in the world and their technology specialization profiles.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1773300/1773314/original.jpg "Menlo Micro closes $44 million in series B funding to support high-volume production of the \"ideal switch\".")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1771700/1771767/original.jpg "A picture from the SPS Exhibition 2019 which took place in Nuremberg.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1767600/1767633/original.jpg "There are two major challenges in the further development of Electric Vehicles (EV) - slow charging times and weak power. Researchers from South Korea now seem to have the solution.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1764300/1764330/original.jpg "To reduce the risks during developments, and make it possible to work in parallel on the hardware and software of the converter, a replica of the future hardware was needed.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1767500/1767579/original.jpg "Currently, extreme cold is required to achieve superconductivity, as seen in the above photo from Dias’s lab. In the photo, a magnet can be seen floating above a superconductor cooled with liquid nitrogen.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1767500/1767560/original.jpg "An international research group has developed a new protocol that can protect and correct the fragile quantum information in instances of errors due to qubit loss.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1774400/1774484/original.jpg "FINFET transistor 3D render. Fin FET transistor used for building semiconductor chips and integrated circuits at nano scale.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1772500/1772539/original.jpg "Samsung’s MBCFET GAA, which is formed as a nanosheet.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1771200/1771286/original.jpg "STMicroelectronics Collaborates with Qualcomm Technologies on Unique Sensor Solutions for Next-Gen Mobile, Connected PC, IoT, and Wearable Applications.")
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TECH TRENDS
6 energy tech trends for 2021
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1763500/1763565/original.jpg "A battery is a device consisting of one or more electrochemical cells with external connections for powering electrical devices.")
BASIC KNOWLEDGE - LITHIUM-ION BATTERY
Lithium-ion batteries explained
: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.")
HYDROGEN TO ELECTRICITY
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).")
SECOND LIFE BATTERIES
Fault tolerant reconfigurable battery system for stationary applications
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1757000/1757004/original.jpg "Electrostatic chuck design with feature.")
SISIC PLATES
CeramTec’s silicon carbide ceramic for advanced chip production
: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.")
ULTRASHORT PULSE
More flexible battery design with ultrafast laser ablation
: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")
LITHIUM-ION BATTERY
Performance analysis of equalizer circuits for lithium-ion cells
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1748600/1748605/original.jpg "The Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) market is growing rapidly worldwide and is expected to reach up to 1TWh by 2025.")
ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS
Considerations for ensuring battery energy storage systems safety
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E-MOBILITY
First wireless battery management system for electric vehicles
Galleries
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:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1755000/1755026/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/1724800/1724843/original.jpg "Conventional plating process. Multiple baths and equipment for plating solution and waste treatment.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1713000/1713006/original.jpg "Bosch introduces new MEMS sensor that utilizes semiconductor technology to provide seamless navigation")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1745900/1745976/original.jpg "Kirill Klein achieved second place with \"Low inductance fully ceramic SiC power module for high-temperature automotive applications\" at the PCIM Young Engineer Award 2020.")
SIC POWER MODULE
Low inductance fully ceramic SiC power module for high-temperature automotive applications
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1743700/1743767/original.jpg "Patrick Hofstetter achieved first place with \"Parasitic turn-on of SiC MOSFETs-Turning a bug into a feature\" at the PCIM Young Engineer Award 2020.")
SILICON CARBIDE MOSFETS
Parasitic turn-on of SiC MOSFETs – Turning a bug into a feature
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1739900/1739930/original.jpg "Cotek modular inverter.")
RENEWABLE ENERGY
New modular DC/AC converters can scale for renewable energy
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1737900/1737930/original.jpg "InnoSwitchTM3-AQ")
PRODUCT RELEASE
Power Integrations releases efficient high voltage flyback switcher IC
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