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The process by which plastics are converted to carbon nanotube material.

Research Shows Black Plastics Could Create Renewable Energy

Swansea University

Research from Swansea University has found how plastics commonly found in food packaging can be recycled to create new materials like wires for electricity - and could help to reduce the amount of plastic waste in the future. While a small proportion of the hundreds of types of plastics can be recycled

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07/16/2019

This is a schematic model demonstrating grain boundaries and phase interfaces formations.

High-Performance Sodium Ion Batteries Using Copper Sulfide

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

Researchers presented a new strategy for extending sodium ion batteries' cyclability using copper sulfide as the electrode material. This strategy has led to high-performance conversion reactions and is expected to advance the commercialization of sodium ion batteries as they emerge as an alternative to lithium

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07/15/2019

Designer Proteins Form Wires and Lattices on Mineral Surface

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

RICHLAND, Wash. - The goal of the research, published July 11 in the journal Nature, was to engineer artificial proteins to self-assemble on a crystal surface by creating an exact match between the pattern of amino acids in the protein and the atoms of the crystal. The ability to program these interactions

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07/10/2019

Canada's First Utility-Scale Microgrid

CHICAGO /PRNewswire/ -- S&C Electric Company, a smart grid leader improving power reliability and delivery worldwide, and North Bay Hydro Services, an Ontario-based municipal electric utility affiliate services provider, announced the completion of North Bay's Community Energy Park project with the successful

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07/10/2019

Fabrication procedures of "the nano-scale sculpture technique" by using a focused ion beam - electron beam (FIB-SEM) device. The upper series shows the schematic view of the fabrication by Ga ion beam. The images of (1) and (4) in the bottom series are the electron microscope (SEM) image corresponding to image (1) and image (4) in the upper series. The region shown by the yellow rectangle in image (4) is suitable for TEM observation.

Fusion Scientists Develop 'Nano-Scale Sculpture Technique'

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

A research team of fusion scientists has succeeded in developing "the nano-scale sculpture technique" to fabricate an ultra-thin film by sharpening a tungsten sample with a focused ion beam. This enables the nano-scale observation of a cross-section very near the top surface of the tungsten sample

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Date:

07/09/2019

Anup Bhalla, Vice President Engineering, UnitedSiC

Are you SiC of Silicon? – Part 4

By: Anup Bhalla, Vice President Engineering, UnitedSiC

How to Build Better EV Traction Inverters with SiC In this article, we examine the benefits of applying SiC technology to EV traction inverters. We show how the efficiency of the inverter is boosted under all loading conditions, from light to full load. Using higher operating voltages with efficient

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07/08/2019

Cover for 'Solar Power Finance without the Jargo'.

How to Finance Solar Power

World Scientific

To borrow a quote from the famous 2011 publication, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, "3,766,800 exajoules of solar energy arrive on earth each year"--but how much of it are we using? And since Earth receives such a huge dose every year for free almost everywhere, why does it still only

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Date:

07/08/2019

The method uses artificial intelligence to design next-generation heat-pump compressors.

AI-Designed Heat Pumps Consume Less Energy

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Researchers at EPFL have developed a method that uses artificial intelligence to design next-generation heat-pump compressors. Their method can cut the pumps' power requirement by around 25%. In Switzerland, 50 - 60% of new homes are equipped with heat pumps. These systems draw in thermal energy from

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07/03/2019

An interdisciplinary research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has succeeded in optimizing the size of platinum nanoparticles for fuel cell catalysis so that the new catalysts are twice as good as the currently best commercially available processes. The picture shows the first authors: Dr. Batyr Garlyyev, Kathrin Kratzl, and Marlon Rueck (f.l.t.r.).

Activity of Fuel Cell Catalysts Doubled

Technical University of Munich (TUM)

An interdisciplinary research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has built platinum nanoparticles for catalysis in fuel cells: The new size-optimized catalysts are twice as good as the best process commercially available today. Fuel cells may well replace batteries as the power source

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Date:

07/03/2019

Use of black gold can get us one step closer to combat climate change.

Black (Nano)gold Combat Climate Change

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Global warming is a serious threat to the planet and the living beings. One of the main cause of global warming is the increase in the atmospheric CO2 level. The main source of this CO2 is from the burning of fossil fuels in our daily lives (electricity, vehicles, industry and many more). Researchers

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Date:

07/03/2019

Vicor’s Paul Yeaman

PSDcast – Adopting the 48 V Battery

In this episode of the PSDcast, we’re chatting with Vicor about vehicle electrical requirements. The modern automobile – especially EVs and hybrids – has fostered the

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Date:

07/02/2019

The graphic shows the total solar energy production for all European countries in the period 2013-2017. Each tiny field represents a week's energy production: The brighter the color the more energy was produced.

Danish Researchers Create Worldwide Solar Energy Model

Aarhus University

Solar cells are currently the world's most talked-about renewable energy source, and for any future sustainable energy system, it is crucial to know about the performance of photovoltaic systems at local, regional and global levels. Danish researchers have just set up an historically accurate model, and all

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Date:

07/01/2019