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Perovskite solar cells protecting the Earth
Apr 21, 2023 (SPX)
These events underscore a multitude of extreme weather phenomena that the world is currently grappling with. Last year was the 5th hottest year on record since ...
Chemists propose ultrathin material for doubling solar cell efficiency
Apr 20, 2023 (SPX)
The dark bluish solar panels that dot rooftops and open fields today are typically made from silicon, a well-tested semiconductor material. Silicon photovoltaic...
Next decade decisive for PV growth on the path to 2050
Apr 20, 2023 (SPX)
The consensus reached by participants in the 3rd Terawatt Workshop last year follows increasingly large projections from multiple groups around the world on the...
KISTERS unveils breakthrough HailSens360 technology for solar farms
Apr 20, 2023 (SPX)
Through intelligent software and sensor technology, HailSens360 synthesizes forecast data (18 hours ahead), nowcast data (60-90 minutes ahead with updates every...
Stable organic solar cells would enable cheaper electricity
Apr 20, 2023 (SPX)
To address this key problem, researchers have studied the degradation mechanisms for the two components used in the light-absorbing layer of organic solar cells...
ESA developing concepts for commercial-scale Space-Based Solar Power plants
Apr 18, 2023 (ESA)
Due to be completed before the end of 2023, the parallel contracts are being led by Arthur D Little and Thales Alenia Space Italy, respectively. These concepts ...
Using machine learning to find reliable and low-cost solarcells
Apr 18, 2023 (SPX)
Hybrid perovskites are organic-inorganic molecules that have received a lot of attention over the past 10 years for their potential use in renewable energy, sai...
ABC Solar closes $3M in new contracts by Midnight of NEM 2.0 deadline
Apr 17, 2023 (SPX)
"I can't overstate how impressive this achievement is," says Clarence Oxford, a reporter from Spacedaily.com. "ABC Solar has been in business for 22 years, but ...
Microwaves advance solarcell production and recycling
Apr 16, 2023 (SPX)
During the fabrication of solar panels, silicon goes through several high-temperature processes known as annealing. Currently the cells are cooked in an oven. B...
KAUST team sets world record for tandem solar cell efficiency
Apr 14, 2023 (SPX)
Tandem solar cells combining silicon and perovskite sub-cells are widely regarded as a very promising, high-performing and viable alternative to conventional cr...
High-efficiency sustainable solar cells for IoT devices with AI-powered energy management
Apr 14, 2023 (SPX)
Led by Dr Marina Freitag, the research group from the from School of Natural and Environmental Sciences (SNES) created dye-sensitized photovoltaic cells based o...
Migrating ions through the perovskite layer in two dimensions
Apr 13, 2023 (SPX)
In a new paper published in eLight, a team of scientists led by Professors Sung-Joon Lee and Hung-Chieh Cheng from the University of California Los Angeles has ...
Solar cells charging forward
Apr 11, 2023 (SPX)
Now, researchers at Kyoto University may have found an environmentally friendlier solution with enhanced performance, utilizing PEDOT:PSS/silicon heterojunction...
In rural America, big solar projects often get a frosty welcome
Apr 03, 2023 (AFP)
Huge solar farms are being planned in this corner of Missouri, and as in other rural areas of the United States, residents sometimes are yanking the welcome mat...
London hits out at Washington's green energy subsidies
Mar 30, 2023 (AFP)
Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt's remarks came as his government updated its energy security plan to ramp up renewable and nuclear power, but ran into criticism fr...
EU deal to nearly double renewable energy by 2030
Mar 30, 2023 (AFP)
The provisional political agreement, which was reached after nightlong negotiations between the EU parliament and states, seeks to raise the share of renewable ...
Photosynthesis: varying roads lead to the reaction center
Mar 27, 2023 (SPX)
The chlorophylls in photosystem I capture sunlight in an antenna complex and transfer the energy to a reaction center. There, the solar energy is used to trigge...
Porous insulator contact breaks passivation-transport trade-off
Mar 21, 2023 (SPX)
Conventional strategies reducing charge recombination at photocurrent transport interface are dominated by insertion of an ultrathin (~1 nm) passivation layer, ...
Solar industry feeling the heat over disposal of 80 million panels
Mar 21, 2023 (SPX)
Paradoxically, one of the reasons people are installing solar photovoltaic (PV) panels in huge numbers is to help the environment, but the industry is now grapp...
Scientists create novel bandgap-tunable 2D nanosheets made from perovskite oxynitrides
Mar 21, 2023 (SPX)
Nanosheets, which include the well-known material graphene, are materials that possess nanoscale homogenous thicknesses, flat surfaces, and high crystallinity. ...
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