A team of researchers at the USA's Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates has developed a new solar photovoltaic 'step cell' that combines two ...
PV market demand plunged rapidly as expected as it entered in the third quarter, driving significant price decline across the PV supply chain. Prices of solar cells and wafer have reached new low for consecutive weeks. Consequently, ...
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For decades, researchers have tried to harness the unique properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to create high-performance electronics that are faster or consume less power — resulting in longer battery life, faster wireless ...
TDK Corporation and Toshiba Corporation have agreed to establish a joint venture, TDK Automotive Technologies Corporation, to develop and manufacture automotive inverters for hybrid vehicles, plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles. I. ...
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Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corp has developed a 220W-output gallium nitride high-electron-mobility transistor (GaN-HEMT) with what is claimed to be world-leading drain efficiency of 74% (in load-pull measurements) for 2.6GHz-band base ...
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Betta Ceramic Industries, Africa’s most important sub-Saharan manufacturer of ceramic sanitaryware with a market share of over 50%, has once again expressed its confidence in Sacmi high pressure casting machines. This latest order ...
RiceBran Technologies announced that its board of directors has named Dr. Robert Smith, the company's chief operating officer, as interim CEO, effective immediately. Dr. Smith will succeed W. John Short, who will remain with the Company ...
University of Adelaide in collaboration with Agilent Technologies Australia has established a new laboratory at its Waite campus to undertake research on the potential benefits of complex carbohydrates. Named as Adelaide Glycomics, this ...
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Yale University and University of Illinois Urbana in the USA have improved the efficiency of gallium arsenide phosphide (GaAsP) solar cells on silicon (Si) by reducing threading dislocation densities (TDDs) [Kevin Nay Yaung et al, Appl. ...
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L-Nutra, a nutritechnology company, has released ProLon, a premiere 5-Day Meal Program that nourishes the body while promoting regenerative and rejuvenating changes through scientifically proven, plant-based foods. Developed at the ...
Cell makers couldn't tolerate current wafer prices, leading to lower multi-Si wafer prices. Although multi-Si wafer prices remained at US$ 0.70/pc in Taiwan, some makers have started to lower utilization rate because the price is lower than ...
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China’s new energy policies are driving the country’s domestic market for lithium batteries used in plug-in vehicles (xEVs). The strong demand from the xEV application has put pressure on the supply lithium batteries used in IT ...
When it comes to vendor events, your company only has a small window of time to bring in potential customers and wow them. The staffers at your booth are your first line at these events, therefore success is dependent on their behavior ...
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For fiscal first-quarter 2017 (to 2 July 2016), Qorvo Inc of Greensboro, NC and Hillsboro, OR, USA (which provides core technologies and RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and defense applications) has reported revenue of $697.6m, up ...
Nissan Motor has unveiled what it claims to be the world’s first solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) vehicle in Brazil, a prototype model which runs on bio-ethanol electric power. This prototype vehicle is in connection with the ...
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