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Improving Extreme Temp Performance in EV Batteries
On March 31, 2023 in All, Automotive, Energy Harvesting, General, Power by Adam Kimmel
Adam Kimmel
Extreme temperatures can reduce EV range by up to 35 percent and negatively impact battery durability. Energy harvesting is emerging as a tool to trim these efficiency losses to optimize battery performance and increase charging speed.
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Tagged With: automotive, batteries, battery thermal management systems, btms, charging speed, efficiency, electric vehicles, energy harvesting, ev, lithium-ion
New Tech Tuesdays: Extending Battery Life with Energy Harvesting Technology
On February 21, 2023 in All, Energy Harvesting, General, IoT, New Tech Tuesdays, Power by Rudy Ramos
Rudy Ramos
In this week's New Tech Tuesday, we delve into Low Illumination Solar Cells from TDK and the Light Energy Harvesting Evaluation Board from e-peas and how they support energy harvesting solutions from renewable sources.
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Tagged With: batteries, energy, energy harvesting, e-peas, tdk
Using 2D Materials in Photo-Harvesting Applications
On July 29, 2022 in All, Energy Harvesting, General, Power by Liam Critchley
Liam Critchley
As society looks toward more ways of harvesting our natural environment, 2D materials offer a way to efficiently harvest solar rays into a usable output. 2D materials use light to create energy via advanced solar cells, producing hydrogen fuel and facilitating advanced cancer treatments.
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Tagged With: 2d materials, energy harvesting, photocatalysis, photothermal, photovoltaics, solar cells, thermal energy, tmdcs, transition metal dichalcogenides
Using 2D Materials to Create Water Energy-Harvesting Devices
On July 29, 2022 in All, Energy Harvesting, General, Power by Liam Critchley
Liam Critchley
Designers can use 2D materials to develop different water-harvesting applications beyond the mainstream tidal and hydroelectric power harvesting process. These include harvesting energy from salinity gradients where water bodies meet and harvesting energy from rainfall and other water motions.
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Tagged With: 2d materials, clean energy, energy, energy harvesting, graphene, nanomaterials, nanotechnology, osmotic, water
2D Materials in Piezoelectric Nanogenerators (PENGs)
On July 22, 2022 in All, Energy Harvesting, General, Medical by Liam Critchley
Liam Critchley
The piezoelectric effect is not only a common phenomenon in bulk inorganic materials; it is also observed in select 2D materials. This blog explores how designers can use 2D materials capable of generating a piezoelectric charge in a range of nanogenerators (PENGs) for powering small-scale devices.
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Tagged With: 2d materials, energy harvesting, flexible electronics, implantable electronic, nanogenerator, nanotechnology, peng, piezoelectric, wearable electronics
2D Materials in Triboelectric Nanogenerators (TENGs)
On July 19, 2022 in All, Energy Harvesting, General, Industrial, IoT, Low Power, Medical, Power by Liam Critchley
Liam Critchley
The inherent thinness, active surface, and mechanical properties of 2D materials have the potential to create more efficient and longer-lasting TENG devices for powering small-scale electronics.
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Tagged With: 2d materials, clean energy, energy, energy harvesting, flexible electronics, graphene, implantable electronics, medical device, mxene, nanomaterials, nanotechnology, tmdcs, transition metal dichalcogenides, wearable electronics
New Tech Tuesdays: Three Solutions That Spur Energy Harvesting Development
On March 1, 2022 in All, Automation, Automotive, Empowering Innovation, General, Industrial, IoT, Medical, New Tech Tuesdays, Power, Sensors by Tommy Cummings
Tommy Cummings
In this week's New Tech Tuesday, we'll look at energy-harvesting devices from Texas Instruments, Kyocera, and Würth Elektronik.
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Tagged With: avx tcj capacitors, drv5032, energy harvesting, kyocera, low power, texas instruments, ultra low power, wurth elektronik
Achieve Cost-Optimized Renewable Energy Harvesting
On February 17, 2022 in All, Energy Harvesting, General, Power by Adam Kimmel
Adam Kimmel
Renewable energy is at the forefront of global decarbonization efforts. Using green sources of energy that do not contain carbon, engineers have defined a path for infinite on-grid distributed power that does not harm the environment. Self-powering devices are the key to economic viability, and they significantly reduce replacement costs for the consumer while moving closer to a renewable landscape.
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Tagged With: energy harvesting, renewable energy harvesting
How to Maximize the Efficiency of Energy Harvesting in Electronics
On February 11, 2022 in All, Energy Harvesting by Adam Kimmel
Adam Kimmel
Energy harvesting requires a distinction between maximum power and maximum efficiency. Improved conversion efficiency increases power for the same input energy; however, this does not necessarily mean the highest power. Here is how you can maximize the efficiency of MCU energy harvesters.
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925 Views
Tagged With: efficiency, energy harvesting, photovoltaic, solar, thermal
Hybrid Energy Storage Device as Backup to Solar Cells
On January 26, 2022 in All, Energy Harvesting, General, Power by Vishay Intertechnology Inc.
Vishay Intertechnology Inc.
The movement toward more sustainable solutions motivates design engineers to move beyond finite energy sources toward a fully renewable solution: solar cells. However, design engineers must overcome several challenges to realize this approach in the IoT.
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961 Views
Tagged With: dc-dc converters, energy harvesting, iot, power, pv, solar

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