Electronic Design

Use Bootstrap Cell Circuits To Generate Multiple Voltages

Bootstrap circuits are widely used in dc-dc converters to serve as top-side bias voltage supplies. After explaining how bootstrap circuits work, this article will show how versatile they can be. One ...
pv magazine International

Triple junction perovskite-perovskite-silicon solar cell with open-circuit voltage of over 2.8 V

Scientists at Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE have demonstrated a triple-junction solar cell with a perovskite-perovskite-silicon subcell configuration. They said the cell ...
Electronic Design

Buck Converter Powers 5-V Circuits From 12-V Solar-Cell Array

The circuit described here is a 12-V dc to 5-V dc (±5%) switched-mode power supply (SMPS). The supply uses a 12-V input from an array of four 3-V dc, 40-mA solar cells connected in series. (The cells ...
pv magazine International

Using photoluminescence, implied open-circuit voltage imaging for perovskite solar cell field testing

To evaluate the outdoor performance and stability of perovskite solar cells using contactless and noninvasive methods, an Australian and Chinese research team found a way to use photoluminescence ...
nature　asia

Cells as Circuits: The need for Synthetic Biology in the Arab World

Synthetic biology (SynBio) is an emerging discipline that attempts to reprogram and design the cells’ genetic materials, converting them into controllable and computerized bio-devices. In its essence, ...