Researchers report the first ever clear images of nanojets — bright thin lights that travel perpendicular to the magnetic structures in the solar atmosphere, called the corona — in a process that reveals the existence of one of the potential coronal heating candidates: nanoflares. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Energy News…
By studying 488 public airports in the United States, researchers found that 20% of them have adopted solar photovoltaic (PV), commonly known as solar panels, over the last decade. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Energy News — ScienceDaily
Solar cells have come a long way, but inexpensive, thin film solar cells are still far behind more expensive, crystalline solar cells in efficiency. Now, a team of researchers suggests that using two thin films of different materials may be the way to go to create affordable, thin film cells with about 34% efficiency. Read…
Researchers develop first-ever battery-free, energy-harvesting, interactive device. And it looks and feels like a retro 8-bit Nintendo Game Boy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Energy News — ScienceDaily
Dye-sensitised solar cells could perform better thanks to improved understanding of additives in optimizing electrolytes. Researchers have determined that the molecules 4-tert-butylpyridine (tBP) and 1-methyl-benzimidazole (NMBI) can play an integral role in suppressing recombination losses and maximizing efficiency. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Energy News — ScienceDaily
Researchers have developed a molecule that absorbs energy from sunlight and stores it in chemical bonds. A possible long-term use of the molecule is to capture solar energy efficiently and store it for later consumption. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Energy News — ScienceDaily
Researchers are taking a page from Nature’s lesson book. Inspired by the way plants and other photosynthetic organisms collect and use the sun’s radiant energy, they hope to develop technologies that harvest sunlight and store it as carbon-free or carbon-neutral fuels. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Energy News — ScienceDaily
Researchers have developed a standalone device that converts sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into a carbon-neutral fuel, without requiring any additional components or electricity. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Energy News — ScienceDaily
A team has succeeded in growing large single crystals of tin monosulfide, a material used in next generation solar cells. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Energy News — ScienceDaily
Global economic growth comes with increasing demand for energy, but stepping up energy production can be challenging. Recently, scientists have achieved record efficiency for solar-to-fuel conversion, and now they want to incorporate the machinery of photosynthesis to push it further. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Energy News — ScienceDaily
Researchers have designed an off-grid, low-cost modular energy source that can efficiently produce power at night. The system uses commercially available technology and could eventually help meet the need for nighttime lighting in urban areas or provide lighting in developing countries. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Energy News — ScienceDaily
Engineers have found that photovoltaic wafers in solar panels with all-perovskite structures outperform photovoltaic cells made from state-of-the-art crystalline silicon, as well as perovskite-silicon tandem cells, which are stacked pancake-style cells that absorb light better. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Energy News — ScienceDaily
In a breakthrough new study, scientists and engineers have electrically transformed the abundant and low-cost non-magnetic material iron sulfide, also known as ‘fool’s gold’ or pyrite, into a magnetic material. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Energy News — ScienceDaily
Extensive power outages and satellite blackouts that affect air travel and the internet are some of the potential consequences of massive solar storms. These storms are believed to be caused by the release of enormous amounts of stored magnetic energy due to changes in the magnetic field of the sun’s outer atmosphere – something that…
Researchers have created next-generation solar modules with high efficiency and good stability. Made using a type of material called perovskites, these solar modules can maintain a high performance for over 2000 hours. Their findings have brightened prospects of commercialization. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Energy News — ScienceDaily