Colloidal Quantum Dots Allow Solar Cells to Be Sprayed on Products
Using minuscule light-sensitive materials known as colloidal quantum dots, scientists from the University of Toronto have developed a new technique for spraying solar cells onto…
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World Record in Solar Efficiency, Over 40% of Sunlight Converted Into Electricity
Researchers from the University of New South Wales have set world record in solar energy efficiency, converting over 40% of the sunlight hitting a solar…
Engineers Design and Test a New Class of Solar-Sensitive Nanoparticles
University of Toronto researchers have designed and tested a new form of solid, stable light-sensitive nanoparticles that could lead to cheaper and more flexible solar…
Manipulating Electron ‘Spin’ Dramatically Improves Organic Solar Cell Performance
In a newly published study, researchers detail how manipulating the ‘spin’ of electrons in organic solar cells dramatically improves their performance, providing a vital breakthrough…
Scientists Achieve Solar Hydrogen Production Breakthrough
A newly published study reveals how HZB and TU Delft scientists used a solar cell and a photo anode made of a metal oxide to…
New Technique Yields a Major Boost in Solar-Cell Efficiency
In a newly published study, MIT researchers detail the technique they used to develop a photovoltaic device that generates more than one electron per photon,…
Solar Photovoltaic Industry Is Likely a Net Electricity Provider
A new study from Stanford researchers suggests that electricity generated by all of the world’s installed solar photovoltaic (PV) panels has caught up to the…
Black Silicon Improves the Efficiency of Solar Cells
In a newly published study, researchers from Aalto University show that black silicon can improve the efficiency of solar cells by improving the light absorption…
Princeton’s Nanomesh Triples Solar Cell Efficiency
Researchers at Princeton University have used nanotechnology to develop a nanotechnological mesh that increases efficiency over organic solar cells nearly threefold. The scientists published their…
Scattered Silver Cubes Scale Up Light Absorption for Solar Power
Nanoscale cubes of silver could help make more efficient solar panels, heat detectors and specialist cameras. The randomly scattered cubes were placed on pieces of…
Installed Price of Solar Photovoltaic Power Systems Continues To Decline
According to the latest annual PV cost-tracking report from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the median installed price of residential and commercial solar photovoltaic power…
Nanosheet-Flower Structure Boosts Energy Storage
This flower-like structure is made out of germanium sulfide (GeS), a semiconductor material that has extremely thin petals with an enormous surface area. The GeS…
Spin Cell Technology Produces 20 Times More Electricity Than Flat, Static Panels
By using concentrating lenses, dynamic spin, conical shape, and advanced electronics, V3Solar’s Spin Cell Technology is able to produce over 20 times more electricity than…
Synchronization in a Decentralized Power Grid
As large power plants are replaced by multiple photovoltaic panels on roofs, biogas systems on fields, and wind turbines on hills and offshore, scientists now…
Scientists Look to Space for Renewable Energy Source
Research is underway on new equipment that will allow solar power to be gathered in space and transferred back to earth through microwaves or lasers,…
3D Solar Towers, The future of Photovoltaics?
As efforts continue to improve green technology and the performance of solar photovoltaic cells, a team of MIT scientists have developed a new space saving…
Teaming Up to Slash Solar Cell Cost
Solar start-up company Ampuse has teamed up with NREL and ORNL to reduce the cost of solar cells through the use of a new manufacturing…
Polymer Solar Cell Efficiency Improved With Infrared-Absorbing Polymer
Improvements in polymer solar cell technology continues as a new report documents the highest independently measured efficiency for a polymer solar cell, 10.6+/-0.3% with respect…
