Power and Electrical Engineering

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Squeezing Juice from the Sun: Tapping Solar Energy Could Provide Limitless Power

Focusing on creating autonomous power systems based on flexible thin-film solar cells, Desu is hoping to increase efficiency through novel design and…

New process derives 'green gasoline' from plant sugars

That's because the new fuels are identical at the molecular level to their petroleum-based counterparts. The only difference is where they come from.Funded by…

A cautionary note in the use of carbon nanotubes as interconnects

The work reported in Nano Letters (reference below) reveals that squashing and twisting a double-walled nanotube opens an electronic band gap in an otherwise…

New mechanism to produce energy from biomass

One of the challenges that chemical engineers face is placing solid materials in contact with gases to generate certain reactions. One of the options is to use…

Slicing Solar Power Costs with New Wafer-Cutting Method

The expensive solar cells now are used mainly on spacecraft, but with the improved wafer-slicing method, “the idea is to make germanium-based, high-efficiency…

ITER Technology proves successful

“This is a breakthrough for the fusion community. We have successfully tested and demonstrated a key technology milestone which is integral to the success of…

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