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Breakthrough material could lead to cheaper, more widespread solar panels and electronics
Jul 22, 2019 (SPX)
Such technology would slash the cost of manufacturing electronic devices and enable new ways to integrate them into our everyday lives. Over the last two decade...
Nanobowl arrays endow perovskite solar cells with iridescent colors
Jul 11, 2019 (SPX)
The broad optical absorption and the large absorption coefficient of perovskites normally lead to high-efficiency cells with dark-brown colors. Till now, two re...
Window film could even out the indoor temperature using solar energy
Jul 11, 2019 (SPX)
On sunny summer days it can be little short of unbearable to stay indoors or in cars. The heat radiates in and creates an unpleasantly high temperature for peop...
Solar power with a free side of drinking water
Jul 11, 2019 (SPX)
Water and energy production is deeply intertwined, says Wenbin Wang, a Ph.D. student in Peng Wang's labs at the University's Water Desalination and Reuse Center...
Organic solar cells will last 10 years in space
Jul 11, 2019 (SPX)
As the Soviet Union launched the first-ever satellite some 60 years ago, its radio signal transmitted at three frequencies could be captured anywhere on Earth. ...
Twenty overlooked benefits of distributed solar energy
Jul 11, 2019 (SPX)
The study, published in Nature Sustainability, was conducted by researchers from the University of California, Davis; Lancaster University in the United Kingdom...
Solar energy could turn the Belt and Road Initiative green
Jul 10, 2019 (SPX)
The Chinese government launched the BRI in 2013, aiming to promote regional development and connectivity. "Belt" represents the Silk Road Economic Belt that ech...
Photon Energy connects three pv power plants to grid in Hungary
Jul 10, 2019 (SPX)
The plants, covering an area of 4.4 hectares, are connected to the grid of E.ON Tiszantuli Aramhalozati Zrt and are expected to generate around 2.5 GWh of elect...
Researchers create multi-junction solar cells from off-the-shelf components
Jul 10, 2019 (SPX)
Multi-junction, or stacked, solar cells are currently the most efficient cells on the market, converting up to 45% of the solar energy they absorb into electric...
Surrey researchers clear runway for tin based perovskite solar cells
Jul 10, 2019 (SPX)
As countries look to get to grips with climate change, solar cell technology is rapidly growing in popularity as an environmentally friendly energy alternative....
Next-gen solar cells spin in new direction
Jul 10, 2019 (SPX)
PSCs which are one of the fastest developing new solar technologies and can achieve efficiencies comparable to more commonly used commercially available silicon...
Getting more heat out of sunlight
Jul 08, 2019 (SPX)
The key to the process is a new kind of aerogel, a lightweight material that consists mostly of air, with a structure made of silica (which is also used to make...
Bionic catalysts to produce clean energy
Jul 08, 2019 (SPX)
At the heart of many clean energy technologies is a process called the oxygen-evolution reaction (OER). In the case of solar-fuel production, for example, the O...
Experiments show dramatic increase in solar cell output
Jul 08, 2019 (SPX)
While conventional silicon cells have an absolute theoretical maximum efficiency of about 29.1 percent conversion of solar energy, the new approach, developed o...
Danish researchers create worldwide solar energy model
Jul 08, 2019 (SPX)
Solar energy is advancing in earnest throughout the whole world. Over the past three years, more photovoltaic (PV) installations have been installed globally th...
Special nanotubes could improve solar power and imaging technology
Jun 24, 2019 (SPX)
Working with an international team of physicists, University of Tokyo Professor Yoshihiro Iwasa was exploring possible functions of a special semiconductor nano...
Perovskite solar cells tested for real-world performance in the lab
Jun 24, 2019 (SPX)
The major obstacle for commercialization is the stability of perovskite devices. Operational stability is commonly assessed either by continuous illumination in...
meeco presents new innovative and flexible renewable energy mounting system
Jun 24, 2019 (SPX)
By mounting the solar m odules on special high-quality ropes, which are attached to walls or pillars, a totally customised clean energy supply can be establishe...
Cyprus racers show budget solar cars have a sunny future
Jun 23, 2019 (AFP)
The 16-year-old's 5,000-euro (nearly $5,700) car is one of that took part in Sunday's three-hour "Cyprus Institute Solar Car Challenge", running solely on the M...
'Hot spots' increase efficiency of solar desalination
Jun 19, 2019 (SPX)
Researchers in Rice's Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) this week showed they could boost the efficiency of their solar-powered desalination system by more th...
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