17.3% is organic solar cell efficiency record

Chinese researchers are claiming an organic solar cell record – 17.3% efficiency under standard sunlight conditions from a solution-processes structure – as opposed to more-complex vacuum processing. The cell is a tandem device, where wavelength coverage is increased by using two different junctions. In this case the materials were tuned so that the junctions complement ...

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Blockchain-based container tracking service

IBM and Maersk are looking to sign up partners for their blockchain-based container-tracking service TradeLens. The companies say they have signed 92 organisations for their cross-border supply chain programme to manage and track the tens of millions of shipping containers across the world. TradeLens aims to create a global trade digitisation platform built on the Hyperledger ...

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Suzuki, Mazda and Yamaha join auto test list of shame

Suzuki, Mazda and Yamaha are the latest car manufacturers to have been found to have been fudging their fuel  and emissions tests, reports the Nikkei. They join Nissan and Subaru who were found to have falsified testing data earlier this year, and Mitsubishi which was found to have engaged in faulty testing in 2016 In ...

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Pickering adds PXe verson of its USB 2.0 Hub

Pickering Interfaces, the Clacton-on-sea provider of modular signal switching and simulation for electronic test and verification, has added a PXIe version of its USB 2.0 Hub module which offers the same capabilities as its PXI USB 2.0 Hub (model 40-738). This USB 2.0 Hub (model 42-738) is a single-slot 3U PXIe module that combines an ...

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