Category: Technology
Coulomb Transistor — A New Concept Where Metal Nanoparticles Are Used In Place Of Semiconductor
A research group at the University of Hamburg has created a unique coulomb transistor that operates on the principle of the voltage control of the electron band gap in metallic quantum-dot nanoparticles. This Single-electron transistor represents an approach to develop less...
Continue ReadingDiamond-Based MOSFETs Are Now Real
A research group at Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) has developed logic circuits equipped with diamond-based metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect-transistors (MOSFETs) at two different operation modes - a first step toward the development of diamond integrated...
Continue ReadingWater Splitting With Solar Energy
Using solar energy to split water provides an efficient way for large scale renewable energy conversion and storage. A group of researchers from TUDelft and AMOLF have successfully developed an efficient and stable photo-electrode that could improve water splitting with solar...
Continue ReadingTI packages DLP Pico projector display tech for “any low-cost processor”
With a $99 evaluation kit/module, Texas Instruments aims to widen design-ins of its projection-based, ultra-compact display technology. By Graham Prophet @ eedesignnewseurope.com Developers can, TI says, implement DLP (‘digital light processing’) display technology with almost...
Continue ReadingGPS vs. Beacons vs. Wi-Fi: Three Location Identifier Technologies
In IoT and digital age, location-based services applications are widespread: starting from Google maps to anti-loss devices and not ending with location-based marketing. The most common technologies used for user location identification are: GPS, WiFi and Beacons (a custom BLE...
Continue ReadingNext Generation Solar Cell That Can Capture Nearly All Energy of Solar Spectrum
Researchers developed a multijunction solar cell on a GaSb substrate that can efficiently convert the long-wavelength photons typically lost in a multijunction solar cell into electricity. This prototype cell has an efficiency of 44.5% which is higher than conventional solar cells. A...
Continue Reading290Hz Narrowband Laser On Chip For Numeros Photonic Applications
Researchers from the MESA+ research institute at University of Twente have collaborated together with the provider company of the customized microsystem solutions "LioniX International" to achieve the lowest bandwidth tunable diode laser on a chip. The newly-developed laser operates...
Continue ReadingCarrageenan, a seaweed derivative, can stabilize lithium-sulfur batteries surprisingly
Lithium-sulfur batteries are suitable for both vehicle and grid applications as they are ultra-cheap, high-energy devices. Sulfur is a very low-cost material and the energy capacity is much higher than that of lithium-ion. So, lithium-sulfur is one chemistry that can possibly meet the...
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