Key research finding: Modern devices that use lithium ion batteries, like smartphones and electric cars, seem pretty robust. But try to use one in extreme heat or cold, and you’ll see how susceptible ...
Battery safety and performance in electronic devices and systems like battery thermal management, space conditioning, vehicle thermal comfort and thermal energy storage can improve thanks to a ...
The big picture: Researchers from the University of California have developed a first-of-its-kind, solid-state thermal transistor that could one day be used to better control heat in electronic ...
The measured thermal conductivity of 3C-SiC at room temperature is compared with other high thermal conductivity crystals as a function of wafer size. The shaded portion includes the data from large ...
Developing high-power electronic devices with their simultaneous miniaturization is of critical importance. Consequently, the compactness in computers calls for higher integration of transistors ...
This study demonstrated that nanoscale boundary scattering could increase the phonon thermal conductivity in thin films, surpassing the limitations of traditional macroscale heat diffusion. Energy ...
Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25 years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars is ...
How graphene-infused foam has been evaluated as a tunable thermal resistor for passive adjustable cooling. The modeling that was done to investigate the concept. The two test fixtures used to measure ...