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New Chemical Screening System Helps Evaluate PEM Fuel Cell Materials

Because of their efficiency and reduced pollution, fuel cells offer a promising alternative to traditional power sources in transportation and other applications. Yet more durable, less expensive materials are needed bef...

11 Sep 2006

Proton Exchange Membrane Materials for Fuel Cells

Fuel cells have been a workable technology for decades - but expensive and lacking in infrastructure. In recent years, researchers have addressed durability, manufacturability, and conductivity challenges in alternative ...

11 Sep 2006

New Lead and Cadmium Free PV Materials from Ferro Enable Reduced Silicon Use in Multi-Crystalline Solar Cells

Solar cell manufacturers will be able to significantly reduce silicon usage with new materials developed by Ferro Electronic Material Systems. A compatible lead- and cadmium-free system of novel aluminum, rear silver, an...

8 Sep 2006

DuPont Scientists Honored for Inventing CFC Alternatives

Twenty years after international scientists determined that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) were impacting the ozone layer, three DuPont scientists are being recognized for their invention of non-ozone-depleting alternatives....

8 Sep 2006

Brookhaven Scientist Receives Prize From International Society of Electrochemistry

The International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE) has awarded the 2005 Hans-Jürgen Engell Prize to Dev Chidambaram, a scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, in recogniti...

8 Sep 2006

New Lead and Cadmium-Free Photovoltaic Materials Reduce Silicon Requirements in Solar Cells

7 Sep 2006

Gold 2006 Conference Commences at University of Limerick

The World Gold Council (WGC) and the University of Limerick announce today the commencement of Gold 2006, the fourth in a series of global conferences bringing together over 300 researchers in academia and industry from ...

5 Sep 2006

SemiSouth Secures $5 Million in Series A1 Funding

A leader in the development of silicon carbide (SiC) electronics materials and power semiconductors, SemiSouth Laboratories today announced that it has raised $5 million through a Series A1 venture capital financing agre...

1 Sep 2006

High Reliability Ball Grid Arrays Using Ceramics and Plastics

When designing ball grid array components for high reliability applications it is very important to first understand the material system that will be used to manufacture the circuit card and electronic components that wi...

30 Aug 2006

Semisouth Open New Silicon Carbide Manufacturing Facility

SemiSouth Laboratories - a silicon carbide research and development company - announced today that it has completed the construction of its new silicon carbide (SiC) manufacturing facility and has completed a large porti...

26 Aug 2006

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