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Researchers Find New Nanastructure Design to Improve LEDs and Solar Cell Efficiency
Dec 15, 2015Light and electricity dance a complicated tango in devices like LEDs, solar cells and sensors. A new anti-reflection coating developed by engineers at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, in collaboration with researchers at the ...
Tags: anti-reflection coating, electronic device, semiconductor
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Uk's Epsrc Has Awarded ?20m to 10 New Research Projects
Dec 25, 2014Following its Manufacturing Advanced Functional Materials (MAFuMa) call issued in February, the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has awarded £20m to 10 new research projects that aim to advance the ...
Tags: Functional Materials, Electronics
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Combination Is Key to a Material's Ability to Efficiently Converting Heat to Electricity
Feb 27, 2014lllustration: University of Colorado Boulder Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have developed a model of a thermoelectric material that can insulate itself from heat transfers while still allowing electricity to flow. Such ...
Tags: Nanopillars, Thermoelectric Material, conducting electricity, voltage
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Researchers in Taiwan Have Used Nanopyramid Nitride Semiconductor Structures
Oct 9, 2013Researchers in Taiwan have used nanopyramid nitride semiconductor structures to explore long-wavelength green, olivine and amber light-emitting diode (LED) structures [Shih-Pang Chang, Optics Express, Vol. 21, p23030, 2013]. The team was ...
Tags: Nitride LEDs, Electronics
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Science Used Firefly's Light Emitting Structure to Improve LED Output
Dec 24, 2012i It’s debatable, but perhaps fireflies might have been the inspiration Edison used to create the light bulb. Nevertheless, fireflies have not only fascinated admirers at night, but scientists as well. Recently, science has used the ...
Tags: fireflies, light, LED output, LEDs