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Modelling superfast processes in organic solar cell material
Mar 17, 2023 (SPX)
Organic solar cells are thinner than classic silicon-based cells and they are flexible and probably easier to manufacture. To improve their efficiency, it is im...
Perovskite solar cells from the slot die coater - a step towards industrial production
Mar 17, 2023 (SPX)
Metal halide perovskites are considered to be a particularly low-cost and promising class of materials for next-generation solar modules. Perovskite solar cells...
Swansea develops first completely roll-to-roll printable perovskite solar cell
Mar 16, 2023 (SPX)
The team searched for an alternative to the gold electrode that is typically applied using an expensive and slow evaporation process after the device has been p...
EU to unveil green tech plans to take on US, China
Mar 16, 2023 (AFP)
Brussels wants to protect European businesses by prioritising green technologies, including solar and wind, for more financing and greater regulatory freedom. T...
Green tech boom looms but poor nations risk being eclipsed: UN
Mar 16, 2023 (AFP)
From a roughly equal position three years ago, green technology exports from the most advanced countries are already racing ahead of developing nations, warned ...
EU races to lead green tech battle against US, China
Mar 16, 2023 (AFP)
Brussels told European industries producing green technologies, such as solar and wind energy, that obtaining permits and manufacturing will be made easier unde...
ABC Solar Inc urges Santa Monica to come into compliance with CA State solar laws
Mar 14, 2023 (SPX)
The Solar Rights Act was passed in California in 1978, providing citizens with the right to install solar energy systems on their properties. However, despite t...
Scientists transform algae into unique functional perovskites with tunable properties
Mar 14, 2023 (SPX)
The properties of perovskites can be tuned for specific applications by changing their chemical composition and internal architecture, including the distributio...
Large-scale perovskite single crystals for laser and photodetector integration
Mar 13, 2023 (SPX)
However, due to the poor chemical stability of perovskite materials in polar solvents, the most commonly used photolithography and etching techniques for patter...
High-member low-dimensional Sn-based perovskite solar cells
Mar 13, 2023 (SPX)
Now, the highest certified efficiency among lead-free perovskite solar cells (PSCs) belongs to Sn-based devices because of its superior optoelectronic propertie...
Returning solar panel production to US speeds decarbonization
Mar 13, 2023 (SPX)
The scientists found that if solar panel manufacturing can return to the U.S. by 2035, the greenhouse gas emissions resulting from panel creation would be reduc...
UCLA engineers design solar roofs to harvest energy for greenhouses
Mar 13, 2023 (SPX)
However, solar panels can take up significant space and are often difficult to scale. Enter the new field of agrivoltaics, which focuses on the simultaneous use...
Growing crops at solar farms can boost panel performance, longevity
Mar 13, 2023 (SPX)
"We now have, for the first time, a physics-based tool to estimate the costs and benefits of co-locating solar panels and commercial agriculture from the perspe...
Latin America poised to become renewable energy giant: report
Mar 09, 2023 (AFP)
In welcome good news for the climate-change race, researchers said Latin American countries had more than 319 gigawatts of utility-scale solar- and wind-power p...
Renewables help offset rise in coal emissions, IEA says
Mar 02, 2023 (AFP)
In the end, global energy-related emissions rose by less than one percent but are still on an unsustainable growth trajectory, the International Energy Agency s...
Corralling ions improves viability of next generation solar cells
Feb 28, 2023 (SPX)
Perovskite materials, which are defined by their crystalline structure, are better at absorbing light than silicon is. That means that perovskite solar cells ca...
New method creates material that could create the next generation of solar cells
Feb 27, 2023 (SPX)
"This method we developed allows us to easily create very large bulk samples within several minutes, rather than days or weeks using traditional methods," said ...
Nanoparticles self-assemble to harvest solar energy
Feb 24, 2023 (SPX)
The technology transforms sunlight into thermal energy, but it's challenging to suppress energy dissipation while maintaining high absorption. Existing solar en...
Perovskites, a 'dirt cheap' alternative to silicon, just got a lot more efficient
Feb 17, 2023 (SPX)
Perovskites-a family of materials nicknamed for their crystalline structure-have shown extraordinary promise in recent years as a far less expensive, equally ef...
Non-fused-ring donors and acceptors boost organic solar cell efficiency to over 14 pecent
Feb 17, 2023 (SPX)
Recently, Prof. Shaoqing Zhang replaced the 2-ethylhexyl side chain of A4T-16, an efficient completely non-fused-ring acceptor reported previously, with 3-ethyl...
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