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Carbon nanotube and graphene electrodes pave the way for next-generation flexible batteries
2+ hour, 7+ min ago (244+ words) Credit: Yanzhi Cai, Zhongyi Hu, Laifei Cheng, Siyu Guo, Tingting Liu, Shaohua Huang, Dengpeng Chen, Yuhan Wang, Haiming Yu & Yuan Zhou. The research team from Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology and Northwestern Polytechnical University analyzed hundreds of studies to…...
Engineering the “golden bridge”: Efficient tunnel junction design for next-generation all-perovskite tandem solar cells
6+ hour, 29+ min ago (193+ words) image:Schematic of the all-perovskite TSC structure and the impact of interlayer metal work function on junction resistance. view more Credit: HIGHER EDUCATON PRESS All-perovskite tandem solar cells are a high-potential technology with theoretical efficiencies reaching approximately 45%. However, their practical…...
Bai lab secures two patents with EV industry partners
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (541+ words) Making EVs even "cooler" image:University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science ProfessorHua "Kevin" Bai. view more Credit: University of Tennessee Last year, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and…...
Physicists predict significant growth for cadmium telluride photovoltaics
1+ week, 3+ day ago (211+ words) A team of scientists analyzes challenges and proposes corresponding research goals in new solar energy research published in the peer-reviewed journal Joule. Credit: The University of Toledo A solar energy generation technology once considered limited in its potential is poised…...
Comparing the total cost of ownership of used vehicle types
1+ week, 3+ day ago (412+ words) This graph shows the total cost of ownership for different used vehicles that are 3 years old at the time of purchase and driven until their 10th year. Used battery electric vehicles (BEVs) have the lowest total cost of ownership when compared…...
Tiny gold spheres could improve solar energy harvesting
1+ week, 3+ day ago (192+ words) image:This supraball (top) is 2100 nanometers in diameter and is made from hundreds of tiny gold nanoparticles (bottom) engineered to boost solar energy absorption. view more The researchers first used computer simulations to optimize the design of individual supraballs and…...
Used EVs currently offer car buyers lowest lifetime cost of ownership
1+ week, 3+ day ago (655+ words) Used electric vehicles currently are a comparative bargain that could help more drivers reduce their carbon footprints Credit: M. Woody et al. Environ. Res. Lett. 2026 DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ae38f8 Now is a great time for anyone who's shopping for a used car to consider…...
Gradient boosting dendritic network for ultra-short-term PV power prediction
1+ week, 3+ day ago (183+ words) image:Structure comparison of (a) MLP and (b) DD view more Credit: Chunsheng Wang, Mutian Li, Yuan Cao & Tianhao Lu. Key findings from the study indicate that the GBDD model not only enhances PV power prediction accuracy but also offers a framework…...
UC3M presents a platform to improve mobility in the city of Madrid
1+ week, 4+ day ago (152+ words) NEXMO, a new mobility and logistics data space image:Nexmo. Movement data hub view more Nexmo. Movement data hub Credit: Santiago Mart'nez de la Casa, UC3M Universidad Carlos III of Madrid (UC3M) has presented NEXMO Datahub, Madrid's mobility data space, designed to…...
Unpredictable movements of autonomous robots increase human discomfort
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1030+ words) A research team from the Visual Perception and Cognition Laboratory and the Cognitive Neurotechnology Unit at Toyohashi University of Technology investigated how the movements of autonomous mobile robots influence human emotional responses during passing encounters in virtual reality (VR) environments....