: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.")
: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.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1739900/1739930/original.jpg "Cotek modular inverter.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1737900/1737930/original.jpg "InnoSwitchTM3-AQ")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1743300/1743339/original.jpg "GEs Reservoir.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1743300/1743384/original.jpg "Britishvol, a manufacturer of Li-ion batteries, wants to build a solar park in Wales with near carbon neutral electricity input.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1739600/1739638/original.jpg "The flexible organic solar module that has been developed at Swansea University. It can be printed directly onto a flexible base, making it cheaper to manufacture and suitable for more applications than existing solar cells.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1739800/1739840/original.jpg "A drone using StoreDot’s UFC FlashBattery is shown lifting off from a StoreDot UFC station.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1746000/1746084/original.jpg "A scanning transmission electron microscopy image of a superlattice consisting of an alternating sequence of 5 atomic unit cells of neodymium nickelate (blue) and 5 atomic unit cells of samarium nickelate (yellow).")
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:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1745100/1745140/original.jpg "An image showcasing research from the Lehigh research team’s laboratory.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1744500/1744502/original.jpg "Physicists at Stony Brook University have developed a new type of material that is a highly efficient insulator at high temperatures, capable of conducting electricity without wasting heat.")
: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.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1746000/1746084/original.jpg "A scanning transmission electron microscopy image of a superlattice consisting of an alternating sequence of 5 atomic unit cells of neodymium nickelate (blue) and 5 atomic unit cells of samarium nickelate (yellow).")
ARTIFICIAL MATERIALS
New artificial materials discovery could lead to more efficient devices
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MICRO INVERTERS
Achieving an optimized design for a 400W solar micro inverter
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1745100/1745140/original.jpg "An image showcasing research from the Lehigh research team’s laboratory.")
ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS
Organic solar cells enhanced by molecular additives
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1744500/1744502/original.jpg "Physicists at Stony Brook University have developed a new type of material that is a highly efficient insulator at high temperatures, capable of conducting electricity without wasting heat.")
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
New superlattice material for devices with high energy efficiency
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1739700/1739784/original.jpg "The brick supercapacitor device developed by researchers in the U.S. is shown here powering a green light-emitting diode.")
ENERGY STORAGE
Bricks turned into supercapacitors with a special coating
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1738500/1738524/original.jpg "A schematic illustrating the lithium battery with the team’s new carbon nanotube architecture for the anode.")
BATTERIES
Carbon nanotube anode reduces risk factors in lithium-based batteries
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1735600/1735618/original.jpg "EMPA has developed a non-combustible water-based electrolyte for lithium-ion batteries which is compatible with electrode materials already commercially available.")
Circular Economy
Recycling of fluorine for lithium-ion batteries
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1733300/1733392/original.jpg "The relationships between voltage, current, resistance and power and their implications for power delivery efficiency has become essential for continued development in high performance electrical and electronic systems.")
POWER DELIVERY
What’s the most efficient way to deliver electrical power?
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1732900/1732960/original.jpg "Photovoltaic energy is based on the photoelectric effect—the emission of electrons when electromagnetic radiation (i.e. light) hits a material.")
Renewable Energy
The photoelectric effect and its role in solar photovoltaics
Galleries
: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/1651000/1651033/original.jpg "The TU Darmstadt is testing the new DC cables in a long-term test. In the new 500 kV DC high voltage hall, the technology for voltage and power generation is housed.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1645100/1645165/original.jpg "Measurement technology is used in wind power plants for the displacement of the coupling ring, gap measurements on the plain bearing, temperature monitoring of the generator, or air gap monitoring in the generator.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1731800/1731815/original.jpg "Amber Solutions’ Amber AC/DC EnablerTM and Amber AC SwitchTM.")
AC/DC ENABLER
Amber Solutions comes closer to realising the digital control of electricity
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1729300/1729348/original.jpg "Individual building blocks are heated atop a silver surface in a vacuum to create a porous graphene ribbon with a ladder-like structure and semiconducting properties. Each rung has two carbon atoms replaced with nitrogen atoms (blue).")
MATERIAL RESEARCH
Porous graphene ribbons that behave like semiconductors
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1730400/1730471/original.jpg "Lithium-ion alternatives represent a promising solution for low-cost, large-scale energy storage")
ENERGY STORAGE
A new system shows potential for advanced energy storage
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1729300/1729333/original.jpg "Swansea researchers achieve the highest efficiencies ever seen with roll-to-roll printed perovskite solar cells.")
SOLAR CELLS
UK study reports highest ever efficiency for printed perovskite cells
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1724400/1724431/original.jpg "Reduced graphene oxide (rGO) can help prevent cracks from running through ceramic materials")