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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/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/1771700/1771792/original.jpg "PCIM Asia 2020 concluded successfully as Asia’s leading power electronics fair.")
: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.")
: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.")
BATTERY ELECTRODE
New Li-ion battery electrode charges EVs in just 6 minutes
: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.")
CASE STUDY
Accelerate power electronics development - Choose your tools wisely
: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.")
SUPERCONDUCTORS
Rochester researchers create a room-temperature superconductor
: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.")
QUANTUM COMPUTERS
Researchers correct qubit loss in quantum computers
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1765600/1765653/original.jpg "The newly developed solar concentrator when irradiated with blue LED light: The polymer material is so flexible that it can be bent with tweezers.")
WEARABLE
Turning streetwear into solar concentrators
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1765100/1765128/original.jpg "Multi-functional electrode for the next-generation of lithium batteries.")
CARBON NANOTUBES
Carbon nanotubes bring huge gains in battery performance
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1763100/1763128/original.jpg "Amorphous silicon/carbon particles (image taken by transmission electron microscope).")
ANODE MATERIAL
Better anode material for lithium-ion batteries
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1762300/1762390/original.jpg "Delta collaborates with Brandenburgische Technische Universität (BTU) on an on-site proof-of-concept smart grid, which includes the installation of Ultra Fast EV chargers and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) bi-directional EV chargers.")
SMART GRID
German university and Delta collaborate on a smart grid for e-mobility
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1759800/1759896/original.jpg "A Skeleton Technologies UL-certified ultracapacitor.")
BATTERY TECHNOLOGY
Companies partner up to develop 'SuperBattery' battery technology
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/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/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.")
CHARACTERIZATION & SIMULATION
Energy storage system with high durability and power density
: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.")
ENERGY STORAGE
The next step towards environmentally friendly supercapacitors
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1754900/1754965/original.jpg "A research team from the University of Michigan presents a so-called \"air-bridge thermophotovoltaic cell\" with almost perfect photon utilization.")
SOLAR CELLS
New heat-harnessing solar cells get more electricity from heat
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1753100/1753174/original.jpg "Tests at TU Graz with a 3 kilowatt hour prototype and with vanillin-based electrolytes proved the effectiveness of the new process.")