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June 06 2022

Nickel almost as good as platinum for fuel cells

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Fuel cells with platinum electrodes are efficient but, because of the material’s scarcity and high cost, are not a viable long-term option.Nickel, much more readily available, could be used as a catalyst, but only if its efficiency can be improved drastically.A team of researchers from Irig and CEA-Liten developed an electrode with a nickel catalyst […] >>

June 06 2022

Electric vehicles fill up with GaN

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A joint lab formed by CEA-Leti and CEA-Liten has signed several R&D contracts for power conversion projects with manufacturers from the automotive industry since the EU H2020 Moduled project, which was completed a year ago.The 100 kW version of the lab’s Moduled gallium nitride (GaN) inverter offers four times lower losses, 50% higher frequency, and […] >>

June 06 2022

Smaller reversible fuel cells could be more powerful

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Miniaturizing reversible fuel cells could be the best path toward higher power densities.The Adfun project, a joint effort between LMGP and Imperial College London, is testing this hypothesis through two PhD research projects, one on new materials and one on advanced electrochemical interface characterization.LMGP will focus on an unconventional cathode material, lanthanum nickelate, which will […] >>

June 06 2022

Organs-on-chip could give diabetes patients new hope

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Researchers from Irig and CEA-Leti successfully maintained pancreatic cells called islets of Langerhans in culture on a microfluidic chip for a month and were able to measure individual islets’ insulin production. This breakthrough could improve the efficacy of islet transplants, a treatment given to some diabetes patients.Islets of Langherans are sphere-shaped pancreatic cells between 200 […] >>

April 03 2022

Three Phelma students to sail to the Caribbean

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Second- and third-year Grenoble INP – Phelma, UGA students Enola, Élia, and Carla will be embarking in October on a sailing adventure to the Caribbean for their gap year..The trio set up a nonprofit called Trimousse in late 2021 to raise elementary school students’ awareness of environmental issues and get kids in Grenoble and the […] >>
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