Record for perovskite/CIGS tandem solar module
Thin-film technologies can dramatically reduce the cost of next-generation solar modules. Whereas their production cost is low, it is in particular the combination of complementary absorber materials...
View ArticleHistoric Solar Impulse team planning drone
Circling the globe in an aircraft that used no fuel would be enough for some to rest on their laurels, but the pilots of Solar Impulse 2 on Monday spoke of their new project.
View ArticleRenewable energy – not always sustainable
In a new thesis from Uppsala University, Simon Davidsson shows that a rapid expansion of renewable energy technology is not necessarily sustainable. To find the best way forward in the coming...
View ArticleFlexible cells on roofs to windows to cars to even clothing could provide...
It's a very Australian scene: deckchairs outside the caravan, a BBQ on the go – perhaps a couple of tinnies. And, of course, an awning for much-needed shade.
View Article'Back to the Future' inspires solar nanotech-powered clothing
Marty McFly's self-lacing Nikes in Back to the Future Part II inspired a UCF scientist who has developed filaments that harvest and store the sun's energy—and can be woven into textiles.
View ArticleTracking the sun, from utility planner to entrepreneur
Dan Shugar was the kind of kid who hustled to earn a few bucks doing yard work and odd jobs for neighbors. Going to work for a large, public utility like the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, commonly...
View ArticleResearchers study promising solar cell materials — with laser focus
Perovskites, once on the fringes of solar cell research, have fast become the "it" materials for advancing solar power.
View ArticleStability challenge in perovskite solar cell technology
While solar cell technology is currently being used by many industrial and government entities, it remains prohibitively expensive to many individuals who would like to utilize it.. There is a need for...
View ArticleSandia's solar glitter closer to market with new licensing agreement
An Albuquerque company founded by a Sandia National Laboratories scientist-turned-entrepreneur has received a license for a "home-grown" technology that could revolutionize the way solar energy is...
View ArticleTeam makes high-quality graphene with soybeans
A breakthrough by CSIRO-led scientists has made the world's strongest material more commercially viable, thanks to the humble soybean.
View ArticleDream of energy-collecting windows is one step closer to reality
Researchers at the University of Minnesota and University of Milano-Bicocca are bringing the dream of windows that can efficiently collect solar energy one step closer to reality thanks to high tech...
View ArticleNext generation perovskite solar cells with new world-record performance
A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has presented a new cost-efficient way to produce inorganic-organic hybrid perovskite solar cells (PSCs) which sets a new world-record efficiency performance, in...
View ArticleTeam develops novel semiconductor nanofiber with superb charge conductivity
The Department of Mechanical Engineering of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has developed a novel technology of embedding highly conductive nanostructure into semi-conductor nanofiber. The...
View ArticleSheffield bioenergy experts collaborate with Egyptian partners to produce...
Seawater in Egypt could be turned into drinking water using biomass energy as a source of heat in a new collaborative project from academics at the University of Sheffield UK and Port Said University...
View ArticleResearchers discover way to make solar cells more efficient
When it comes to improving the efficiency of solar cells, a group of University of Wyoming professors has discovered a way to do so by adding manganese atoms—an alternate metal—to the mix. Doing so,...
View ArticleScientists directly observe light-to-energy transfer in new solar cell materials
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory are now able to capture the moment less than one trillionth of a second a particle of light hits a solar cell and becomes energy, and...
View ArticleImage: Deployment of the space station's roll-out solar array experiment
Over the weekend of June 17-18, 2017, engineers on the ground remotely operated the International Space Station's robotic Canadarm2 to extract the Roll Out Solar Array (ROSA) experiment from the SpaceX...
View ArticleResearchers measure light fields in 3-D
Researchers from TU Graz and the University of Graz present the new method of 3-D-plasmon tomography in Nature Communications.
View ArticleGlasses generate power with flexible organic solar cells
Organic solar cells are flexible, transparent and lightweight, and can be manufactured in arbitrary shapes or colors. Thus, they are suitable for a variety of applications that cannot be realized with...
View ArticleBuildings to generate their own power with innovative glass blocks
Buildings could soon be able to convert the sun's energy into electricity without the need for solar panels, thanks to innovative new technology.
View ArticleA RAVAN in the sun
While people across the nation gazed at August's total solar eclipse from Earth, a bread loaf-sized NASA satellite had a front row seat for the astronomical event.
View ArticleEnhancing solar power with diatoms
Diatoms, a kind of algae that reproduces prodigiously, have been called "the jewels of the sea" for their ability to manipulate light. Now, researchers hope to harness that property to boost solar...
View ArticleGold nanoantennas used to create more powerful nanoelectronics
Scientists from Tomsk Polytechnic University and their colleagues from Germany have conducted an experiment demonstrating the behavior of areas of two-dimensional materials. The study has applications...
View ArticleThe benefits of being a total space cadet
Space research. What's it ever done for me? Well, quite a bit as it turns out ...
View ArticleWhat it will take to decarbonize the economy
The transition to a renewable resource-based economy should not be limited to energy, but extend to all material goods; nevertheless, the most urgent transition must focus on energy. This will be a...
View ArticleTransformation to wind and solar achievable with low indirect GHG emissions
Different low carbon technologies including wind and solar energy, and fossil carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) differ greatly when it comes to indirect greenhouse gas emissions in their life...
View ArticleClimate conditions affect solar cell performance more than expected
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers can now predict how much energy solar cells will produce at any location worldwide. Surprisingly, they identified that two types of solar cells...
View ArticleFully screen-printed monoPoly silicon solar cell technology
The Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has reached a new cell efficiency milestone in the development of its low-cost screen-printed...
View ArticlePerovskite solar cells: Perfection not required
Metal-organic perovskite layers for solar cells are often fabricated using the spin-coating technique on compact substrates. These perovskite layers generally exhibit holes, yet attain astonishingly...
View ArticleStandalone system to produce drinking water via solar energy
Researchers from the University of Alicante's research group in applied electrochemistry and electrocatalysis have developed a standalone system for desalinating and treating water through...
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