Bootstrap circuits are widely used in dc-dc converters to serve as top-side bias voltage supplies. After explaining how bootstrap circuits work, this article will show how versatile they can be ...

Lithium cells outperform Nickel Cadmium and Nickel Metal Hydride in almost every way. But they also need a little bit more babysitting to get the most out of them. That comes in the form of control… ...

Scientists at Germany's Fraunhofer ISE have designed a triple-junction solar cell consisting of perovskite-perovskite-silicon subcells. The device reportedly achieves an efficiency of 20.1% and a ...

Researchers from Canada have developed solar cells that boast a record-breaking open circuit voltage. The solar cell design features indium gallium phosphide (InGaP), indium gallium arsenide ...

Using colloidal lead sulfide nanocrystal quantum dot substances, researchers have achieved the highest recorded open-circuit voltages for quantum dot solar cells to date.

Further details of the setup and the results are provided in the study “ Outdoor implied open-circuit voltage imaging of perovskite solar cells using sunlight excitation,” published in Joule.

Engineers design new synthetic bio-circuits that not only mimic their silicone cousins, but also have built-in memory.

MIT engineers have created genetic circuits in bacterial cells that not only perform logic functions, but also remember the results, which are encoded in the cell's DNA and passed on for dozens of ...