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22.07.202321.07.2023 Power electronics for novel heat pumps achieves efficiency of over 99.7 percent Milestone in Fraunhofer lighthouse project “Electrocaloric heat pumps” In the Fraunhofer lighthouse project ElKaWe, researchers are [...]
21.07.202319.07.2023 Detecting nanoplastics – in fractions of a second Tiny plastic particles are an environmental problem. They can even penetrate living cells. A method has [...]
20.07.202319.07.2023 Bifacial Perovskite Solar Cells Point to Higher Efficiency NREL Researchers Calculate Boost From Reflected Light Hitting Back of Device. A bifacial perovskite solar cell, [...]
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