Solar Modules With a Marble Look for House Facades
KIT Researchers demonstrate colored Perovskite Solar Modules for facades of houses. As of 2022, all new buildings in the state of Baden-Württemberg must be equipped…
KIT Researchers demonstrate colored Perovskite Solar Modules for facades of houses. As of 2022, all new buildings in the state of Baden-Württemberg must be equipped…
Katriin Kristmann, a doctoral student in chemical and materials science at TalTech (Tallinn University of Technology), began research aimed at developing technology for the production…
New, ultrathin photovoltaic materials could eventually be used in mobile applications, from self-powered wearable devices and sensors to lightweight aircraft and electric vehicles. A race…
Researchers have developed a method to stabilize a promising material known as perovskite for cheap solar cells, without compromising its near-perfect performance. The researchers, from…
Self-harvesting energy from indoor environments proves effective for charging batteries. As more of our devices require recharging of their batteries, researchers are looking to ambient…
Better methods for assessing solar cells under indoor ambient lighting can help improve their design. As photovoltaic (PV) technology continues to progress, PV devices’ applications…
MIT engineers have come up with a conceptual design for a system to store renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, and deliver that…
Which is a better deal: an established, off-the-shelf type of solar panel or a cutting-edge type that delivers more power for a given area but…
Light controlled current transport by charged atoms, now demonstrated for the first time, makes new applications conceivable. Light makes some materials conductive in a previously…
Physicists at the University of Warwick have published new research in the Journal of Science that could literally squeeze more power out of solar cells…
Photons with energy higher than the ‘band gap’ of the semiconductor absorbing them give rise to what are known as hot electrons. The extra energy…
A new design of algae-powered fuel cells that is five times more efficient than existing plant and algal models, as well as being potentially more…
Materials scientists at Duke University have developed a method to create hybrid thin-film materials that would otherwise be difficult or impossible to make. The technique…
Using two types of “designer” quantum dots, researchers are creating double-pane solar windows that generate electricity with greater efficiency and create shading and insulation for…
The worldwide quest by researchers to find better, more efficient materials for tomorrow’s solar panels is usually slow and painstaking. Researchers typically must produce lab…
Incorporating guanidinium into perovskite solar cells stabilizes their efficiency at 19% for 1000 hours under full-sunlight testing conditions. The study, carried out by EPFL, is…
Researchers from the University of Warwick have developed a new ‘double-glazing’ solar power device, which is unlike any existing solar panel and opens up fresh…
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has developed thermochromic windows capable of converting sunlight into electricity at a high efficiency. The…