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Record efficiency for perovskite-based light-emitting diodes
Apr 02, 2019 (SPX)
Perovskites are a group of materials defined by their crystal structure, and have been the focus of intense research interest during the past 10 years, initiall...
How Europe is faring on renewable energy targets
Mar 31, 2019 (AFP)
Each member state has its own renewable energy goal, based on its situation and potential, ranging from 10 to 49 percent. While 11 countries in the bloc have al...
New structural phase transition may broaden the applicability of photo-responsive solids
Mar 28, 2019 (SPX)
Hideko Koshima, a visiting professor at Waseda's Research Organization for Nano and Life Innovation and leading author of this study, says, "Phase transition me...
Fullerenes bridge conductive gap in organic photovoltaics
Mar 28, 2019 (SPX)
In contrast to common silicon-based solar cells, organic photovoltaics (OPVs) involve organic molecules in solar power generation. Materials in OPVs are abundan...
New properties of perovskite solar cells
Mar 27, 2019 (SPX)
The properties revealed by scientists do not yet allow the use of batteries on spacecraft and satellites, since the hybrid bromide-iodide complex lead halides i...
ELSI scientist constructs artificial photosynthetic cells
Mar 27, 2019 (SPX)
Scientists build artificial cells as models of primitive cells, as well as to understand how modern cells function. Many sub-cellular systems have now been buil...
Solar Steel will supply solar-powered irrigation based on TracSmarT+ single-axis tracker
Mar 25, 2019 (SPX)
With these three new installations, Solar Steel will have delivered a total of 10 solar-powered installations in 6 different provinces in Spain with a cumulated...
Achieving 100 percent renewable energy production
Mar 22, 2019 (SPX)
Over 99% of Costa Rica's electric power is derived from these five renewable energy sources (by comparison, renewable sources generate about 17% of electricity ...
New record: Over 16 percent efficiency for single-junction organic solar cells
Mar 19, 2019 (SPX)
The photovoltaic performance of bulk-heterojunction OSCs is determined by open-circuit voltage, short-circuit current density and fill factor. The optimal perfo...
Solar-powered moisture harvester collects and cleans water from air
Mar 15, 2019 (SPX)
The breakthrough, described in a recent issue of the journal Advanced Materials, could be used in disaster situations, water crises or poverty-stricken areas an...
Jamaica leads in Richard Branson-backed plan for a Caribbean climate revolution
Mar 15, 2019 (SPX)
He wanted world powers and global financial institutions to unite to protect the Caribbean against the effects of climate change. That hasn't happened. So Brans...
Mixed-cation perovskite solar cells in space
Mar 13, 2019 (SPX)
Publishing in Sci. China-Phys. Mech. Astron., a group of researchers at Peking University in China, led by Dr. Rui Zhu and Prof. Qihuang Gong in collaboration w...
Energise Africa launches UK crowd campaign to raise funds for solar in Africa
Mar 11, 2019 (SPX)
The Azuri and Energise Africa collaboration plans to raise 2.5 million pounds for pay-as-you-go-solar and help more than 100,000 off-grid people in Sub-Saharan ...
Photon Energy connects another 8 solar farms to Hungary's energy grid
Mar 08, 2019 (SPX)
Covering an area of 6.96 hectares, the plants are connected to the grid of E.ON Eszak-dunantuli Aramhalozati Zrt and are expected to generate around 6.8 GWh of ...
Light from an exotic crystal semiconductor could lead to better solar cells
Mar 08, 2019 (SPX)
Their discovery involves crystals called hybrid perovskites, which consist of interlocking organic and inorganic materials, and they have shown great promise fo...
Improving solar cell efficiency with a bucket of water
Mar 08, 2019 (SPX)
This scenario seems foreign to most people living in the United States, but it's a common reality for many people living in the developing world. One possible s...
JUMEME breaks ground on 1st phase of Lake Victoria mini-grid solar project
Mar 05, 2019 (SPX)
Built on a cluster of islands in Lake Victoria, these independent solar-hybrid mini-grids, equipped with battery storage technology, will electrify 20 villages....
Layering titanium oxide's different mineral forms for better solar cells
Mar 01, 2019 (SPX)
While most solar cells are made of silicon, such cells are difficult to manufacture, requiring vacuum chambers and temperatures above 1000C. Research efforts ha...
Solar Payback Trends 2019
Feb 27, 2019 (SPX)
Payback times are the layman's way of translating the economics of solar energy into something practicable. By dividing the full cost of the solar panels by the...
Dynamic Energy brings solar power to Galloway factory
Feb 27, 2019 (SPX)
"We are very excited to have completed one of the largest rooftop solar arrays in Atlantic County," said Brett Thibodeau, President of Dynamic Energy Solutions....
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