APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY: Energy storage devices for transportation and grid BACKGROUND: Nearly all battery technologies today rely on carbon black or conductive carbon mesh as 3-D current collectors. Replacing these ubiquitous conductive carbons with well-defined molecular materials and their self-assembled networks is an entirely new way of achieving electronic … [Read more...] about Soluble Redox Mediators for Metal-Sulfur Batteries for Efficient Charge Transfer 2014-148
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Who Will Buy My App?
The Science of Customer Discovery: DOE Lab-Corps What makes a new technology compelling enough to transition out of the lab and become a consumer product? That’s the question Berkeley Lab researchers Samveg Saxena, Nihar Shah, and Dana Hansen plus industry mentor Russell Carrington set out to answer for MyGreenCar, an app providing personalized fuel economy or electric … [Read more...] about Who Will Buy My App?
Infant Warmer for Use in Areas Where Electricity is Unavailable or Unreliable 2015-177
APPLICATIONS: In-home use Rural clinics ADVANTAGES: Operates where electricity is not available or reliable Requires only a kettle of water heated by fire or gas stove Maintains near-constant temperature for several hours Includes built-in temperature indicator and pictorial-based instructions ABSTRACT: Researchers at Berkeley Lab and the … [Read more...] about Infant Warmer for Use in Areas Where Electricity is Unavailable or Unreliable 2015-177
Precise, High Throughput Droplet Manipulation 2013-128
APPLICATIONS: Research – pharmaceutical, enzyme, genetics ADVANTAGES: Can screen an extremely large number of biological samples Capable of evaluating multiple experimental conditions at one time Generates droplets quickly and efficiently based on various characteristics Utilizes new and effective droplet mixing and sorting … [Read more...] about Precise, High Throughput Droplet Manipulation 2013-128
Optimized Nanostructures for Flexible, Scalable Thermoelectric Materials 2015-091
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Thermoelectric power generators Peltier coolers Thin film transistors Light emitting devices Solar cells Electrical, electronic, and optoelectronic devices Switches (electronic and thermal) Automobile waste heat recovery Power source for small electronics (Internet of Things, sensors, etc.) Wearables, personal thermal … [Read more...] about Optimized Nanostructures for Flexible, Scalable Thermoelectric Materials 2015-091