Power and Electrical Engineering

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Enhancing solar efficiency with upconversion

Wafer bonding technology improves photovoltaics. Solar cell technologies have been improving incrementally over the decades, but energy conversion has remained less than optimal. Now, researchers at Kyoto University have developed…

Affordable and sustainable alternative to lithium-ion batteries

Findings could pave the way for a cost-efficient, high-performing calcium-ion battery. Concerns regarding scarcity, high prices, and safety regarding the long-term use of lithium-ion batteries has prompted a team of…

A paper battery with water switch

Just add a drop of water. The battery, devised by Gustav Nyström and his team, is made of at least one cell measuring one centimeter squared and consisting of three…

High-performance large-area perovskite submodules for solar cells

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are promising solar technologies. Although low-cost wet processing has shown advantages in small-area PSC fabrication, the preparation of uniform charge transport layers with thickness of several nanometers…

Researchers 3D print sensors for satellites

Cheap and quick to produce, these digitally manufactured plasma sensors could help scientists predict the weather or study climate change. MIT scientists have created the first completely digitally manufactured plasma…

AVUSpro: Sensor Autonomously Measures Soiling on Solar Power Plants

Solar thermal power plants – whether parabolic trough or solar tower – are mostly constructed in desert areas with plenty of sun. In such places, soiling from sand and dust…

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