German researchers at Saarland University and the Center for Mechatronics and Automation Technology (ZeMA) are working to advance vacuum technology. They have designed small pumps and valves that work ...
The Materials for Opto/Electronics Research and Education (MORE) Center will host a one-day short course on vacuum deposition thin films today (June 27) from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Strosacker ...
Thin film technology focuses on the deposition and analysis of functional material layers on a substrate. These layers are essential building blocks in modern devices, like the microchips found in ...
US cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film solar manufacturer First Solar has agreed to pursue further thin-film technology development with Germany’s Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research ...
Sept. 26, 2002 — Like many breakthrough discoveries, this one happened by accident. NASA had built a vacuum chamber in which astronauts could practice welding in space. The problem was, whenever the ...
Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) are electrochemical devices that use a solid ceramic electrolyte to conduct oxygen ions from the cathode to the anode, generating electricity through an electrochemical ...
Silicon-free tandem solar cells are a topic of research for commercial, academic, and institutional labs in the United States. Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable ...