Low-carbon technologies that are smaller scale, more affordable, and can be mass deployed are more likely to enable a faster transition to net-zero emissions, according to a new study. Innovations ranging from solar panels to electric bikes also have lower investment risks, greater potential for improvement in both cost and performance, and more scope for…
Scientists have published a new study proposing an optimization methodology for designing climate-resilient energy systems and to help ensure that communities will be able to meet future energy needs given weather and climate variability. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Energy News — ScienceDaily
A research team has developed a new type of solar cell that can both withstand environmental hazards and is 26.7% efficient in power conversion. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Energy News — ScienceDaily
There may be many overlooked organic and inorganic materials that could be used to harness sunlight underwater and efficiently power autonomous submersible vehicles, report researchers. New research develops guidelines for optimal band gap values at a range of watery depths, demonstrating that various wide-band gap semiconductors, rather than the narrow-band semiconductors used in traditional silicon…
A change in chemical composition enabled scientists to boost the longevity and efficiency of a perovskite solar cell. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Energy News — ScienceDaily
Engineers have developed eco-friendly-solvent processable hole transport polymers by using peppermint oil and walnut aroma food additives and the polymer can prevent lead leakage. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Energy News — ScienceDaily
The need to efficiently harvest solar energy for a more sustainable future is increasingly becoming accepted across the globe. A new family of solar cells based on perovskites — materials with a particular crystal structure — is now competing with conventional silicon materials to satisfy the demand in this area. Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are…
A completely passive solar-powered desalination system could provide more than 1.5 gallons of fresh drinking water per hour for every square meter of solar collecting area. Such systems could potentially serve off-grid arid coastal areas to provide an efficient, low-cost water source. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Energy News — ScienceDaily
Many greenhouses could become energy neutral by using see-through solar panels to harvest energy – primarily from the wavelengths of light that plants don’t use for photosynthesis. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Energy News — ScienceDaily
Researchers demonstrate how laser etching of metallic surfaces creates the ”perfect solar energy absorber.” This not only enhances energy absorption from sunlight, but also reduces heat dissipation at other wavelengths. The researchers also demonstrate solar energy harnessing with a thermal electric generator. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Energy News — ScienceDaily
What if solar cells worked at night? That’s no joke. In fact, a specially designed photovoltaic cell could generate up to 50 watts of power per square meter under ideal conditions at night, about a quarter of what a conventional solar panel can generate in daytime, according to a recent concept article. Read Full Article…
Researchers have outlined a pathway to slashing costs further, this time by slimming down the silicon cells themselves. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Energy News — ScienceDaily
Photosynthesis, the process by which some organisms convert sunlight into chemical energy, is well known. But, it is a complex phenomenon, which involves a myriad of proteins. The molecule Chl f, a new type of chlorophyll, is known to play a part in photosynthesis, but owing to its recent discovery, its location and functions are…
A new method could enable researchers to build more efficient, longer lasting perovskite solar cells and LEDs. By growing thin perovskite films on different substrates, engineers invented a way of fabricating perovskite single crystals with precisely deformed, or strained, structures. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Energy News — ScienceDaily
Most of today’s solar panels capture sunlight and convert it to electricity only from the side facing the sky. If the dark underside of a solar panel could also convert sunlight reflected off the ground, even more electricity might be generated. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Energy News — ScienceDaily