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Halide perovskite solar cells hold promise as the next generation of solar cell technologies, but while researchers have developed techniques for improving their material characteristics, nobody understood why these techniques ...
Jun 6, 2019
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Two news items about Sunnyvale, California-based Alta Devices drew attention recently.
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A new study led by The Australian National University (ANU) could lead to cheaper and more efficient solar technology.
Dec 19, 2018
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A perovskite solar module the size of an A4 sheet of paper, which is nearly six times bigger than 10x10 cm2 modules of that type reported before, has been developed by Swansea University researchers, by using simple and low-cost ...
Oct 2, 2018
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Materials scientists from the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have developed a highly efficient thin-film solar cell that generates more energy from sunlight than typical solar panels, thanks to its double-layer design.
Aug 30, 2018
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Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) created an environmentally stable, high-efficiency perovskite solar cell, bringing the emerging technology a step closer to commercial ...
Jan 31, 2018
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New research from the University of British Columbia and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shows that using halogens—a class of elements that include fluoride, bromine, chlorine and iodine—in a dye-sensitized ...
Dec 20, 2017
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Researchers developed a semi-transparent organic solar cell that achieves better efficiency and transparency than existing ones, according to a recent study in the Science and Technology of Advanced Materials (STAM).
Mar 8, 2017
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As the world transitions to a low-carbon energy future, near-term, large-scale deployment of solar power will be critical to mitigating climate change by midcentury. Climate scientists estimate that the world will need 10 ...
Feb 20, 2017
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(Tech Xplore)—An international team of researchers has found a way to increase solar cell efficiency in areas where there is small degree of cloudiness. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of ...
