Power and Electrical Engineering

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Hot electrons harvested without tricks

In photovoltaic cells, semiconductors will absorb photon energy, but only from photons that have the right amount of energy: too little and the photons pass…

Hope for silicon solar cells with significantly improved efficiency: New synthesis route to soluble silicon clusters

Today, the best silicon solar cells in the world have an efficiency of 24 percent. The theoretical limit is around 29 percent. “This is because silicon…

NASA sending solar power generator developed at Ben-Gurion U to space station

A new solar power generator prototype developed by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and research teams in the United States, will be deployed on the…

New laser opens up large, underused region of the electromagnetic spectrum

The terahertz frequency range – which sits in the middle of the electromagnetic spectrum between microwaves and infrared light — offers the potential for…

“KaSiLi”: Better batteries for electric cars “Made in Germany”

In the umbrella concept “Research Fab Battery”, German scientists want to develop novel batteries that are capable of storing at least 70 percent more energy…

Using mountains for long-term energy storage

Batteries are rapidly becoming less expensive and might soon offer a cheap short-term solution to store energy for daily energy needs. However, the long-term…

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