Electronics & Semiconductors
Mesoscopic dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) were invented in 1990s by Brian O'Regan and Michael Grätzel, taking on the latter's name—the world-famous Grätzel cells. DSCs convert light into electricity through photosensitizers—dye ...
Oct 26, 2022
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Engineering
A research team, affiliated with UNIST has succeeded in achieving a power conversion efficiency (PEC) of 23.50% in a perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell built with a special textured anti-reflective coating (ARC) polymeric ...
Oct 24, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Empa researchers have, once again, improved the efficiency of CIGS flexible solar cells. Independently certified measurements revealed a power conversion efficiency of 22.2% to convert light into electricity, an improvement ...
Oct 11, 2022
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Engineering
Rice University engineers say they've solved a long-standing conundrum in making stable, efficient solar panels out of halide perovskites.
Sep 22, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
A solar-cell module that mitigates cell-to-module losses has been developed by KAUST researchers following a rethink of the module's optical design and how it should be stacked.
Aug 22, 2022
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Engineering
Since 2009, scientists have suspected that perovskite films, which are a combination of organic and inorganic material, could be promising for solar panel construction. Perovskites are very thin films with a specific crystal ...
Aug 15, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
In an important step toward bringing transparent solar cells to home windows, researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a way to manufacture their highly efficient and semitransparent solar cells.
Jul 19, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Solar panels often get a bad rap for spoiling the appearance of homes and businesses. Yet, this may be about to change.
Jul 19, 2022
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Engineering
A research group led by Prof. Ge Ziyi at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has applied an asymmetric substitution strategy of end-groups in molecular ...
Jul 11, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Increasing the power conversion efficiency of solar cells is important for two reasons. In the long run, it is the most effective way to reduce the levelized cost of electricity. In the short term, it is the best way to promote ...
Jul 7, 2022
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