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“Incorporating regular cracks in electrodes for wireless strain sensors brings surprisingly better sensitivity. Controlling the structure of fragmented electrodes composed of carbon nanotubes could offer improved wireless monitoring of the strain on materials in a wide range of applications. “This …
“Metal organic framework membranes that selectively separate hydrocarbons set the stage for more sustainable petrochemical processes. An electrochemical approach developed at KAUST produces molecular-sieving membranes that could enable a cheap energy-efficient separation of light hydrocarbons, such as olefins and paraffins …
“Extending the lifetime of hot electrons could help make solar cells more efficient. Bandgap engineering can improve the performance of optoelectronic devices that aim to harness the energy of “hot” electrons, research from KAUST shows. Semiconductors have a signature property …
“Batteries made from earth-abundant metals show great potential for grid-scale energy storage. A high-performance version of the zinc-ion battery will enable station energy storage that promises to be cheaper, safer and more environmentally friendly than lithium-ion batteries. Until now, zinc-ion …
“An eight-fold speed up of deep machine learning can be achieved by skipping the transmission of zero values. KAUST researchers have found a way to significantly increase the speed of training. Large machine learning models can be trained significantly faster …
“A simple camera system paired with a sophisticated image-processing algorithm can achieve faster and more accurate reconstructions of particle flow. By replacing a complex hardware setup with simple hardware paired with optimized image processing, researchers from KAUST have developed a …
“A nano-scale memristor is shown to have superior stability for random number generation as an integral part of secure data transmission. Using atomically thin two-dimensional films, researchers have developed a nano-scale random number generator with enhanced long-term stability and reduced …
“Clever contacts enhance perovskite/silicon tandem solar-cell performance. Flipping the structure of perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells can lead to dramatic gains in solar-cell performance, KAUST scientists have discovered. To enable the flipped cells’ high power-conversion efficiency, the team developed …
“A simple holistic solution plugs the performance-sapping defects that hamper new alternative solar materials. A multifunctional molecule that plugs various atomic-scale defects in perovskite solar materials can significantly boost the longevity and electrical output of this promising solar technology, KAUST …
“Theoretical modeling helps boost the efficiency of a device that generates both clean drinking water and electricity. Small changes in membrane design can have a large impact on the performance of a new technology developed at KAUST that uses waste …