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Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have discovered exceptional properties in a garnet material that could enable development of higher-energy battery designs. The ORNL-led team used scanning transmission electron microscopy to take an atomic-level look at a cubic garnet material called LLZO. The researchers found the material to be highly stable in a range of aqueous

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New world record: Scientists at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) increased the manufacturing speed of electrode foils coated batch-wise by a factor of three — to 100 meters per minute. This was achieved by a flexible slot die process that enables production of any pattern with high precision and at high speeds. Thanks to the patented new technology, electrode

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Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have developed a commonsense way to lower the cost of solar panels, focusing on their most expensive component: silicon. “We’re using less expensive raw materials and smaller amounts of them [and] we have fewer production steps and our total energy consumption is potentially lower,” Fredrik Martinsen and Ursula Gibson of

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China’s electric vehicle industry is looking to make itself competitive by creating vehicles that can appeal to both low-end and high-end buyers alike as the country attempts to reduce pollution levels, reports the Guangzhou-based Time Weekly. There are three factors affecting the successful promotion of electric cars: quality products, good complementary accessories and having smart business models, an industry expert

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CleanTechnica readers are very well aware that most solar and EV market research forecasts are utter shite. Most of us are horrible fortune tellers, and market research firms covering disruptive technologies don’t seem to have much of an advantage there. Many of you are also well aware that most of the news about technology breakthroughs is hype, at best, and

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Murata invites visitors to Electronica to come to their stand, B5 – 107, and view the latest innovations in component technology. With the theme of “Shaping the world through innovation”, all the demonstrations and new products will be based on a variety of concepts suitable for use in automotive, consumer, healthcare, industrial, security and energy applications. Recommended: Infineon Syndicates €1.55

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AEG Power Solutions announces the addition of two new Sales Vice-Presidents, Hans Van Nikkelen Kuijper, and John Ferriman. Van Nikkelen Kuijper and Ferriman have highly experienced senior profiles and are considered expert in the power electronics business. Hans Van Nikkelen Kuijper is a seasoned sales professional and manager having been in various management positions including CEO and General Manager with

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Microsemi Corporation today introduced its new reverse power feed (RPF) technology, a critical technology for FTTdp and G.fast deployments. G.fast, the new xDSL standard for 1gbps over copper, has a maximum expected range of 250 meters (m). In order to achieve the highest data rates with G.fast, shorter loop lengths are required which leads to the need for fiber to

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Future Facilities Ltd. today announced a significant update to 6SigmaET, the company’s powerful, intuitive and easy-to-learn thermal simulation tool for use by designers of electronic components and products. Release 9 of 6SigmaET integrates a new CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) solver that can radically speed up thermal simulation, as well as introducing a number of enhancements to the tool’s functionality and

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Eaton Corp. announced new management capabilities for data centers and colocation facilities with its best-in-class ePDU® third-generation (G3) platform in the Americas, featuring one percent revenue-grade power monitoring for enhanced accuracy and efficiency through its ePDU G3 managed models. Providing the ability to measure energy consumption and control power at the outlet level, Eaton’s robust platform combines all the benefits

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