Energy & Green Tech
UNSW solar energy researcher and Scientia Fellow Dr. Xiaojing Hao and her team have achieved two energy efficiency world records for the solar cell material of the future, sulfide kesterite.
Jul 24, 2018
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Electronics & Semiconductors
An insight into preventing perovskite semiconductors from degrading quickly, discovered at the University of Michigan, could help enable solar cells estimated to be two to four times cheaper than today's thin-film solar panels.
Jan 11, 2024
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Engineering
The thermometer sinks below zero as a blizzard of fine snow descends on two houses freshly built inside a massive laboratory in northern England.
Feb 5, 2023
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Engineering
A perovskite solar cell developed by engineers at the University of California San Diego brings researchers closer to breaking the ceiling on solar cell efficiency, suggests a study published Aug. 10 in Nature.
Aug 11, 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 new generation of cheap, sustainable and efficient solar cells is a step closer, thanks to scientists at The University of Queensland.
Oct 6, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
A new transparency-friendly solar cell design could marry high efficiencies with 30-year estimated lifetimes, research led by the University of Michigan has shown. It may pave the way for windows that also provide solar power.
Sep 14, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Silicon-based solar modules dominate the current market. However, they are expensive and have a high carbon footprint.
Aug 23, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Tossing worn-out solar panels into landfills may soon become electronics waste history.
Jun 24, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers working to maximize solar panel efficiency said layering advanced materials atop traditional silicon is a promising path to eke more energy out of sunlight. A new study shows that by using a precisely controlled ...
Oct 6, 2020
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