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Maximum power transfer theorem

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Modeling and optimization of PCB coils for inductive power transfer systems

Xiaotong Du

The auxiliary power supply for medium voltage converters requires high insulation capability between the source and the load. Inductive power transfer technology, with an air gap between the primary and secondary coil, offers such high insulation capabilit ...

EPFL2024

All-inorganic halide perovskites for air-processed "n-i-p" monolithic perovskite/organic hybrid tandem solar cells exceeding 23% efficiency

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin

All-perovskite tandem solar cells recently surpassed 26% power conversion efficiency using a Sn(ii)-based halide perovskite rear subcell, which introduces several issues related to the chemical instability and the effectiveness of common, inexpensive inter ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2023

Surface Passivation of FAPbI3-Rich Perovskite with Cesium Iodide Outperforms Bulk Incorporation

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Jacques-Edouard Moser, Kevin Sivula, Jun Ho Yum, Mounir Driss Mensi, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Lukas Pfeifer, Jing Gao, Brian Irving Carlsen, Essa Awadh R Alharbi, Thomas Paul Baumeler, George Cameron Fish, Georgios Kakavelakis

Metal halide perovskites (MHPs) have shown an incredible increase in efficiency, reaching as high as 25.7%, which now competes with traditional photovoltaic technologies. Herein, we excluded CsX and RbX (X = I–, Br–, Cl–), the most commonly used cations to ...

2023

Tri-Axial Magnetic Field Sensor up to VHF with Frequency Weighing

German Augusto Ramirez Arroyave

This contribution presents an isotropic magnetic field probe with shaped frequency response in the band 100 kHz - 400 MHz to ponder the aggregate response according to the ICNIRP 2020 guidelines. The basic sensor is a printed loop which is modelled as a Th ...

IEEE2023

Analytic Approximation of In-Body Path Loss for Implanted Antennas

Anja Skrivervik, Mingxiang Gao

Implantable bioelectronic devices predominantly use wireless links for communication and/or power transfer. When considering transmitting implanted antennas, electromagnetic radiation through biological media is highly attenuated, and previous work has sho ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2023

Wireless Powering Efficiency of Deep-Body Implantable Devices

Anja Skrivervik, Mingxiang Gao, Denys Nikolayev

The wireless power transfer (WPT) efficiency to implanted bioelectronic devices is constrained by several frequency-dependent physical mechanisms. Recent works have developed several mathematical formulations to understand these mechanisms and predict the ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2022

Data-driven Power Electronic Converter Control Design in Power System Applications

Seyed Sohail Madani

In recent years, power systems have evolved in physical and cyber-physical layers. In the physical layer, the changes are motivated by environmental concerns resulting in the integration of new types of generation/demand/storage into the grid. These integr ...

EPFL2022

Theoretical Efficiency and Dosimetry of Buffered On-body Transmitter Antennas for Wireless Powering of In-body Devices

Anja Skrivervik, Denys Nikolayev

The viable and safe application of wireless power transfer for powering bioelectronic implants requires understanding the wave propagation in heterogeneous and dispersive media, the electromagnetic exposure assessment, and the optimum design of the system ...

IEEE2022

Subthreshold VO2 vertical switches for large-bandwidth millimeter-wave and sub-terahertz detection

Mihai Adrian Ionescu, Fatemeh Qaderi Rahaqi, Ali Gilani, Daesung Park

n-linear impedance characteristics of VO2 offer solutions to highly sensitive radio-frequency (RF), millimeterwave (mm-wave), and terahertz (THz) detectors. We demonstrate high-speed broadband sensibility of miniaturized VO2 switches by utilizing the nonli ...

IEEE2022

Methylamine Gas Treatment Affords Improving Semitransparency, Efficiency, and Stability of CH3NH3PbBr3-Based Perovskite Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Hongwei Zhu

High bandgap semitransparent solar cells based on CH3NH3PbBr3 perovskites are attractive for building integration, tandem cells, and electrochemical applications. The lack of control of the CH3NH3PbBr3 perovskite growth limit the exploitation of CH3NH3PbBr ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2021

On the Solution of the Optimal Power Flow for Three-Phase Radial Distribution Networks With Energy Storage

Jean-Yves Le Boudec, Cong Wang, Eleni Stai

We study a multiperiod optimal power flow (OPF) problem in unbalanced three-phase radial distribution networks with batteries. To address this problem, we first take the resistance-line battery model that treats lossy batteries by adding resistive lines an ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2021

Thermal optimization of shell and tube heat exchanger using porous baffles

Hossein Pourrahmani

In this study, total heat transfer rate and pressure drop along a shell and tube heat exchanger (STHX) with 6 porous baffles are numerically investigated. To study the impacts of segmental porous baffles, three values for the permeability (10(-9) m(2), 10( ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2020

Flip-Chip Wafer-Fused OP-VECSELs Emitting 3.65 W at the 1.55-mu m Waveband

Elyahou Kapon, Alok Rudra, Alexandru Mereuta, Andrei Caliman, Pascal Gallo, Grigore Suruceanu

Optically pumped vertical external cavity surface emitting lasers (VECSELs) based on flip-chip gain mirrors emitting at the 1.55 mu m wavelength range are reported. The gain mirrors employ wafer-fused InAlGaAs/InP quantum well heterostructures and GaAs/AlA ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2019

1.55-mu m wavelength wafer-fused OP-VECSELs in flip-chip configuration

Elyahou Kapon, Alexandru Mereuta, Andrei Caliman, Pascal Gallo

Optically-pumped vertical external cavity surface emitting lasers (VECSELs) based on flip-chip gain mirrors emitting at the 1.55-mu m wavelength range are reported. The gain mirrors employ wafer-fused InAlGaAs/InP quantum well heterostructures and GaAs/AlA ...

SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING2019

Wireless Power Transfer and Data Communication for Implantable Autonomous Monitoring and Detection of Epilepsy In Vivo

Kerim Türe

The impact of technological advancement became significant and still has an essential role to play in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Nowadays, personalized medicine and therapy are on the rise as a consequence of the developed and cheaper medical ...

EPFL2019

Open-Loop Power Sharing Characteristic of a Three-Port Resonant LLC Converter

Drazen Dujic, Francisco Daniel Freijedo Fernández, Yan-Kim Tran

The Solid State Transformer (SST) is an attractive solution for highly flexible, cost-effective, compact and efficient power transfer among different grids. Furthermore, a three-port topology is proven as a suitable solution to integrate energy storage res ...

2019

Homogenization and Scattering Analysis of Second-Order Nonlinear Metasurfaces

Olivier Martin, Jérémy Butet, Karim Achouri, Gabriel David Bernasconi

We present an extensive discussion on the homogenization and scattering analysis of second-order nonlinear metasurfaces. We use the generalized sheet transition conditions (GSTCs) in the frequency-domain to model the electromagnetic responses of nonlinear ...

IEEE2018

Remotely-Powered Front-End at 2.45 GHz for Real-Time Continuous Temperature Sensing

Catherine Dehollain, Franco Maloberti, Onur Kazanç

Remote powering and power management of a passive sensor system employing antenna-rectifier co-design is presented. The operating frequency of the system is chosen at 2.45 GHz in order to reduce the antenna size. A co-design approach enables the coupling o ...

IEEE2018

Isomer-Pure Bis-PCBM-Assisted Crystal Engineering of Perovskite Solar Cells Showing Excellent Efficiency and Stability

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Jingshan Luo, Chenyi Yi, Norman Pellet, Dongqin Bi, Xiong Li, Fei Zhang

A fullerene derivative (alpha-bis-PCBM) is purified from an as-produced bis-phenyl-C-61-butyric acid methyl ester (bis-[60]PCBM) isomer mixture by preparative peak-recycling, high-performance liquid chromatography, and is employed as a templating agent for ...

Wiley-Blackwell2017

Hill climbing hysteresis of perovskite-based solar cells: a maximum power point tracking investigation

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Mohammad Ibrahim Dar, Fabrizio Giordano, Norman Pellet, Joachim Maier

The surge of the power conversion efficiency of metal halide lead perovskite solar cells comes with concerns, such as the long-term ecotoxicity of lead compounds, their sensitivity toward moisture and oxygen, or the scarcity of some of their components. Mo ...

Wiley-Blackwell2017