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New light on organic solar cells
May 18, 2022 (SPX)
"To enable the full potential of organic solar cells to be exploited, there is a need for a clear picture of how they work. We have now obtained that picture. T...
Highly efficient large-area perovskite LEDs for next-gen display technology
May 18, 2022 (SPX)
Metal halide perovskites have very narrow spectral emission, excellent color purity, low material cost, and wide and easy color-tunability. Based on these advan...
Assessing the impact of loss mechanisms in solar cell candidate
May 18, 2022 (SPX)
In a new paper published in EPJ Plus, Maykel Courel from the Centro Universitario de los Valles (CUValles), Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico, and co-authors, ...
ABC Solar Expands to Louisiana Just-In-Time
May 14, 2022 (SPX)
Mel Leveque, ABC Solar NOLA CEO said, "I had solar on my home until "that" storm tore apart my roof. Today the original solar panels are back in place under the...
Towards more efficient, non-toxic, and flexible thin-film solar cells
May 13, 2022 (SPX)
For instance, copper indium gallium selenide (CIGSe) is a thin-film solar cell that offers several advantages over traditional silicon solar cells. Thin-film so...
Scientists create reliable and renewable biological photovoltaic cell
May 13, 2022 (SPX)
The system, comparable in size to an AA battery, contains a type of non-toxic algae called Synechocystis that naturally harvests energy from the sun through pho...
Citizen science for the advancement of solar energy
May 12, 2022 (SPX)
The world is increasingly demanding a shift towards sustainable energy systems that use renewable energy sources like the sun to combat climate change and other...
Renewable energy to grow to new record in 2022: IEA
May 11, 2022 (AFP)
A record 295 gigawatts of new renewable power capacity was added in 2021 despite supply chain bottlenecks, construction delays and high prices of raw materials,...
How solving Central Asia's water-energy conflict could boost renewable energy
May 04, 2022 (SPX)
behnam zakeri, the lead author of the open-access paper published in the journal of energy storage, explains the historical precedent to the current situation: ...
Physicists develop ideal testing conditions of solar cells for space applications
May 04, 2022 (SPX)
Perovskites are a material used in a type of solar cell, which are devices that convert light into electrical energy. Ian Sellers, a physicist at the University...
How a soil microbe could rev up artificial photosynthesis
May 01, 2022 (SPX)
But the carbon fixing champs are not plants, but soil bacteria. Some bacterial enzymes carry out a key step in carbon fixation 20 times faster than plant enzyme...
Salt makes solar thermal power more cost-effective
Apr 29, 2022 (SPX)
The Evora Molten Salt Platform (EMSP) is one of the world's first plants to use molten salt instead of thermal oil as a heat transfer medium. The official inaug...
From seawater to drinking water, with the push of a button
Apr 29, 2022 (SPX)
The suitcase-sized device, which requires less power to operate than a cell phone charger, can also be driven by a small, portable solar panel, which can be pur...
Using sunlight energy simultaneously produces hydrogen and hydrogen peroxide
Apr 28, 2022 (SPX)
In the quest to make a carbon neutral society a reality, CO2-free hydrogen production using sunlight energy has gained attention. If chemical products with appl...
Solar energy projects lower bills in Rio de Janeiro favelas
Apr 27, 2022 (AFP)
The solar panels on the roof of a community organization in the Babilonia favela take one thing the impoverished neighborhood has in abundance -- sunshine -- an...
Illuminating perovskite photophysics
Apr 25, 2022 (SPX)
When light hits a perovskite, it excites negatively charged electrons and leaves behind positively-charged "holes" within the material's crystalline structure. ...
Lucy is Go for solar array deployment attempt
Apr 25, 2022 (SPX)
Through a combination of rigorous in-flight solar array characterization and ground testing, Lucy engineers determined the unlatched solar array is nearly fully...
Solar Power Bank Buying Guide
Apr 25, 2022 (SPX)
Factors to Keep in Mind When Buying a Solar Power Bank Different brands have different capabilities. All of them would sell themselves at the best product out t...
Dalai Lama urges move to renewable energy to combat climate crisis
Apr 23, 2022 (AFP)
The 86-year-old -- who is now living in exile in India's Dharamshala -- was presented Friday with a block of ice carved from one of the fast-melting glaciers in...
Beaming solar power from satellite array is Earth Day focus for AFRL
Apr 22, 2022 (AFRL)
Key technologies need to be developed to make such a challenging process a reality. In response to this challenge, AFRL formed the Space Solar Power Incremental...
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