Power and Electrical Engineering

This topic covers issues related to energy generation, conversion, transportation and consumption and how the industry is addressing the challenge of energy efficiency in general.

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A sunny outlook for solar

New research demonstrates great promise of all-inorganic perovskite solar cells for improving the efficiencies of solar cells. Hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites have already demonstrated very high photovoltaic efficiencies of greater than…

Welcoming composite inks into the fold

A method that combines screen-printable composite and metallic inks could make foldable electronics easier and cheaper to manufacture at industrial scales. These devices, developed at KAUST, can be mounted on…

Innovative research to support companies in sparsely populated regions

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) and the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft are funding five trilateral projects for the transfer of knowledge from DFG-funded research to industry. The alliance between universities, Fraunhofer…

Superlubricity eliminates friction in engines

”Prometheus” and “Chephren”: Fraunhofer IWS works on machines that barely lose energy in the form of waste heat. Nearly frictionless motors and gearboxes shall ensure electric bicycles with greater range…

High-performance coatings for effective use and storage of solar energy

Fifty-five percent of the final energy consumption in Germany are expended for heating and air conditioning. Vacuum technologies developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma…

LEONARDO, the bipedal robot, can ride a skateboard and walk a slackline

LEO carves out a new type of locomotion somewhere between walking and flying. Researchers at Caltech have built a bipedal robot that combines walking with flying to create a new…

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