Background Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has been envisioned to benefit various emerging applications in the future, with enhanced spectral, energy, and hardware efficiency. One potential scenario is the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) for inventory management in warehouses or retail stores, where low-cost passive RFID tags...

Background Zn-air batteries (ZABs) are an emerging technology recognized for their environmentally friendly properties, cost-effectiveness, and high energy density. ZABs are reinventing next generation metal air batteries and are considered potential alternatives to lithium-ion batteries, providing a greener alternative. These batteries operate by...

Background X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) produce x-ray pulses with durations shorter than 100 femtoseconds. Each pulse contains enough photons to produce a diffraction pattern from a nanocrystal in a single shot, while avoiding most effects of radiation damage. XFELs are increasing in prevalence in a range of applications due to their capacity...

Background Aluminum nitride (AlN) has been studied in recent years as an ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor for next-generation high-voltage and high-temperature electronics. The ultra-wide bandgap and large critical breakdown of AlN enables these applications, but the development of AlN-based electronic devices faces many challenges. The controllable...

Background Positive unlabeled (PU) learning is a semi-supervised machine learning approach to a binary classification problem in which most of the data is unlabeled. PU learning algorithms reduce the computational cost of training machine learning classifiers, because the labeling of data is time-intensive for supervised machine learning algorithms....

Background As the range of materials that are compatible with additive manufacturing dimensional (3D) printing has expanded, the technology has gained increasing relevance in the applicability and adoption in fields such as catalysis and adsorption. Traditional monolithic contactors have the advantages of good mass transfer and lower pressure drops....

Background As more large-scale solar arrays (utility-scale) are connected to the energy grid, predicting solar irradiance (e.g., the amount of sunlight hitting the panels) becomes crucial for accurately forecasting the power of these photovoltaic (PV) arrays. This is because solar power generation is highly dependent on sunlight, which is variable...

Inverters are devices typically used in solar power generation systems to convert electric current to a more useful type, but are prone to failure and are the main cause of malfunction in solar power systems. Using transformer-less (TL) inverters is a desirable alternative because of their higher efficiency, lower size, and lower cost. However, TL inverters...

Background Electrodeposition is a process that uses an electric current to deposit a layer of metal onto a conductive surface, essentially creating a coating on the material. Electrodeposition helps to protect against corrosion, enhance properties like conductivity, and achieve decorative finished in batteries (in addition to other porous substrates)....

Background Polycrystalline Cd(Se)Te thin-film solar cells are made of a combination of cadmium (Cd), selenium (Se), and tellurium (Te) elements and exhibit efficient light absorption properties and a tunable bandgap depending on the ratio between the elements. Cd(Se)Te thin-film solar cells currently make up 5% of the global photovoltaic market, and...