Engineering
If we want to reach the climate goals set for 2030 and 2050, we are going to have to do our utmost to continue developing sustainable energy technologies. In order to make appropriate government policy, it is important whether ...
Oct 5, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
In recent years, researchers have been trying to develop increasingly efficient and advanced solar technologies. One way of increasing the efficiency of solar cells is to reduce energy losses (i.e., voltage losses) caused ...
Engineering
Solar cell technology is a prominent clean energy source. In particular, organic solar cells, part of the third generation of solar cells, are gaining attention as a core technology for urban solar ray energy generation as ...
Jun 21, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Solar technologies are helping to reduce carbon emissions and are set to continue contributing to the mitigation of climate change. One type of solar technology found to be promising for future photovoltaic applications is ...
Energy & Green Tech
It sounds like science fiction: giant solar power stations floating in space that beam down enormous amounts of energy to Earth. And for a long time, the concept—first developed by the Russian scientist, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, ...
Nov 19, 2020
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Engineering
A Washington State University team has developed a more efficient, safer, and cost-effective way to produce cadmium telluride (CdTe) material for solar cells or other applications, a discovery that could advance the solar ...
Jan 27, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Despite the potential for powering the world with energy from the sun—the most abundant source of renewable energy - only about 1 percent of the world's energy production currently comes through solar cell technology. That's ...
Oct 21, 2016
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Engineering
Large obstacles, like clouds and buildings, can block sunlight from reaching solar cells, but smaller sources, such as dust and leaves, can also create similar problems. Understanding how the loss of incoming radiation affects ...
Sep 27, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Somewhere among the glitter of the night sky is a small satellite powered by innovative, next-generation solar cell technology developed at Sandia National Laboratories.
Sep 29, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Borrowing from cell membranes, the protective barriers around cells in all living organisms, Penn State scientists have developed a new, cost-effective method for creating bio-inspired solar devices that could improve the ...
Aug 16, 2023
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