Rising demand for solar panels is having a major effect on the worldwide price of silver, which could lead to solar panel production costs becoming far higher in the future, new research has demonstrated. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Energy News — ScienceDaily
Researchers look in detail at the interfaces in perovskite solar cells to understand the differences observed in their performance. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Energy News — ScienceDaily
When we think about clothes, they are usually formed with textiles and have to be both wearable and washable for daily use; however, smart clothing has had a problem with its power sources and moisture permeability, which causes the devices to malfunction. This problem has now been overcome by a research team, who developed a…
Batteries power most of our devices, and even some cars. But researchers now report in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces a step toward running electronic devices in homes and offices on the light coming from lamps scattered around the room. The team developed special light harvesters, like those used for solar power, optimized to produce…
New research finds that if solar geoengineering is used to cut global temperature increases in half, there could be worldwide benefits without exacerbating change in any large geographic area. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Energy News — ScienceDaily
While spectroscopic measurements are normally averaged over myriad molecules, a new method provides precise information about the interaction of individual molecules with their environment. This will accelerate the identification of efficient molecules for future photovoltaic technologies, for example. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Energy News — ScienceDaily
The United States could fulfill its greenhouse gas emission pledge under the Paris Climate Agreement by virtually eliminating coal as an energy source by 2024, according to new research. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Energy News — ScienceDaily
Thanks to a study that combines the power of supercomputing with data science and experimental methods, researchers have developed a novel ‘design to device’ approach to identify promising materials for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Energy News — ScienceDaily
Typically, light is converted to electricity by chemically altering a semiconductor to have a built-in electric field. A team of researchers has developed an alternative means using a unique semi-metal that intrinsically generates direct current through the nonlinear mixing of the waves of light. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Energy News…
A research team has improved the efficiency of a new type of solar cell with a double layer consisting of pure anatase and brookite, two different mineral forms of titanium oxide. Using water-solute brookite nanoparticles, a brookite layer was fabricated on top of anatase, increasing solar cell efficiency by up to 16.82 percent. Read Full…
Researchers have announced the development of a nonvolatile microcontroller unit (MCU) which achieves both high performance and ultra-low power by utilizing spintronics-based VLSI design technology. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Energy News — ScienceDaily
Using synchronized lasers pulses, researchers developed a new method of electrostatic force microscopy that can record movies with frames as fast as 300 nanoseconds. This is fast enough to watch electrons move inside solar cells, which can lead to more efficient solar power devices. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Energy News…
Researchers have reported new findings about perovskite solar cells that could lead the way to devices that perform better. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Energy News — ScienceDaily
Researchers have developed a new approach for calculating fast and accurate the solar energy potential of surfaces in the urban environment. The new approach can significantly help architects and urban planners to incorporate photovoltaic (solar power) technology in their designs. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Energy News — ScienceDaily
Scientists have evaluated the economic efficiency of hydrogen production systems combining photovoltaic power generation and rechargeable batteries and estimated technology levels necessary for the systems to produce hydrogen at a globally competitive cost. The results obtained in this research may provide vital guidelines for pushing the intermittent renewable power generation systems as a main power…