Paper-thin solar cell can turn any surface into a power source
MIT engineers have developed ultralight fabric solar cells that can quickly and easily turn any surface into a power source.
Dec 9, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Explaining the plummeting cost of solar power
The dramatic drop in the cost of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules, which has fallen by 99 percent over the last four decades, is often touted as a major success story for renewable energy technology. But one question has never ...
Nov 20, 2018
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Scientists invent ultrafast way to manufacture perovskite solar modules
Most solar cells today are made with refined silicon that turns sunlight into clean electricity. Unfortunately, the process of refining silicon is far from clean, requiring vast amounts of energy from carbon-emitting power ...
Nov 25, 2020
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Stretchable batteries that can be applied to the skin like a band-aid (w/ video)
(Tech Xplore)—An international team of researchers has developed a means for applying a stretchable battery to human skin that not only carries enough charge to power a portable device, but can be applied like a band-aid. ...
Engineering
Why a new wave of solar panels may lose their spark too soon
The newest photovoltaic systems may promise to be the most efficient ever produced, but question marks about their longevity mean they risk proving to be a false economy.
Dec 13, 2023
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Inverted perovskite solar cell breaks 25% efficiency record
Northwestern University researchers have raised the standards again for perovskite solar cells with a new development that helped the emerging technology hit new records for efficiency.
Nov 18, 2023
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New record could usher in new era for solar energy
The future of solar technology is almost reality, with researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) setting a new record for the conversion of sunlight into energy.
Mar 11, 2020
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Both-sides-contacted solar cell sets new world record of 26 percent efficiency
A team of researchers led by Dr. Armin Richter of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE achieved a record conversion efficiency of 26.0 percent for both-sides contacted silicon solar cells. In the recently ...
Apr 21, 2021
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Researchers manufacture the first back-contact micrometric photovoltaic cells
The University of Ottawa, together with national and international partners, has achieved a world first by manufacturing the first back-contact micrometric photovoltaic cells. The cells, with a size twice the thickness of ...
Nov 22, 2023
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Research team sets new efficiency record for solar cell technology
A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has set a new record in the power conversion efficiency of solar cells made using perovskite and organic materials. This technological breakthrough paves ...
Jan 21, 2022
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