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Multiple-Electron Aqueous Battery
Published Wednesday, September 16, 2015BackgroundThe adoption of Hybrids, Plug-In Hybrid, and Battery Electric Vehicles has grown significantly over the past years. Despite this growth in adoption, electric vehicles progression has been relatively stagnant due to the high cost and range of the large format automotive batteries. The ideal benchmarks these batteries requirement...
Categories: Power Electronics, Chemical
Keyword(s): 525
Docket: PS-2014-008
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Deferred-multiplication Single-photon Avalanche Diode Detection System
Published Wednesday, September 16, 2015Background:Among the wide variety of applications of single-photon detectors, one of the most demanding is quantum communications, which puts a premium on low noise, high efficiency, and high speed. While many of these requirements can be met by cryo-cooled superconducting single-photon detectors, InGaAs/InP single-photon avalanche diodes (...
Categories: Microelectronics
Keyword(s): 525
Docket: PS-2014-011
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Flexing Crossbars-Next Generation Packet Switches
Published Wednesday, September 16, 2015Background: Packet switching forms the core of nearly all traffic processing in IP and other data and multimedia networks and most networking infrastructures include a crossbar switch, an assembly of individual switches between multiple inputs and multiple outputs. Due to the need to handle transfer of data with higher efficiency and speed,...
Categories: Microelectronics, Information Technology
Keyword(s): 525
Docket: PS-2014-004
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PBA-Grafted Carbon Nanotube Soft Body Armor
Published Wednesday, September 16, 2015BackgroundThe main purpose of body armor is to slow down and blunt the bullet before it reaches the wearer. Hard body armor is composed of ceramic plates inserted into a fabric vest and is used to stop higher caliber rounds. Such vests are heavy and their reusability is low. Soft body armor is made up of layers of flexible Kevlar fabric sewn...
Keyword(s): 525
Docket: PS-2015-048
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Improved Method for Laser Energy Focusing
Published Wednesday, September 16, 2015BackgroundOptical beams propagating through the atmosphere acquire phase distortions from turbulent fluctuations in the refractive index. These distortions are usually deleterious to propagation and result in spreading, wander, and scintillation of the beam, reducing the accuracy and efficiency of applications requiring long range propagation...
Keyword(s): 525
Docket: PS-2015-033
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High Surface Area Nanostructured Polyimide
Published Wednesday, September 16, 2015BackgroundSupercapacitors are used for energy storage in applications that require frequent short duration charge and discharge cycles at high current. Energy density of supercapacitors can be boosted by increasing surface area of the electrodes and the use of nanomaterials for this purpose shows promise. Innovative Technology...
Keyword(s): 525
Docket: PS-2015-030
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Sub-Bandgap Hot Carrier Solar Cell
Published Wednesday, September 16, 2015BackgroundOne month worth of solar radiation contains vastly more energy than is stored in all of the earth’s coal, oil, and natural gas reserves. Further, solar energy is the only resource sufficiently large to meet growing global energy demand. Solar power is currently limited in deployment because the cost to generate a Watt of power...
Keyword(s): 525
Docket: PS-2015-021
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Bragg Waveguide Thermometer
Published Wednesday, September 16, 2015Background:Resistance thermometry is a time-tested method for temperature measurements. Though today’s resistance thermometers can routinely measure temperatures with uncertainties of 10 mK, they are sensitive to environmental variables such mechanical shock and humidity, which cause the sensor resistance to drift over time requiring...
Keyword(s): 525
Docket: PS-2015-004
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High Voltage Chlorine Doped Cathode
Published Wednesday, September 16, 2015Background:High voltage cathodes are crucial for high energy densities batteries. Due to the intrinsic structural defects, current high voltage cathodes usually cannot reach its theoretical voltage and capacity. Therefore, novel high voltage cathodes and effective methods to improve cathode voltage and capacity are in great need. Li2Fe Mn3O8...
Categories: Materials, Clean Technology
Keyword(s): 525
Docket: PS-2015-003
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Photovoltage Force Microscopy
Published Wednesday, September 16, 2015Background:Imaging methods based on atomic force microscopy (AFM) techniques have been extensively used to characterize the structural and electrical properties of PV materials and full devices. In particular, Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) has been implemented to probe the electrical characteristics of a variety of PV materials and...
Keyword(s): 525
Docket: PS-2015-105