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Potassium steel battery becomes a competing to lithium-ion modern technology
From mobile phone, to solar energy, to electrical autos, humankind is progressively depending on batteries. As need for risk-free, effective, as well as effective power storage space remains to climb, so also does the call for appealing options to rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, which have actually been the leading modern technology in this room.
Mar 4, 2020 // Technology, Storage, USA, North America, lithium-ion battery, Potassium metal battery, Nikhil Koratkar, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Japanese Researchers Fabricate A Near-invisible Solar Cell Of 79% Transparency
A near-invisible solar cell has actually been fabricated by Japanese scientists after making indium tin oxide (ITO) and tungsten disulfide (WS2) as the base. ITO as well as WS2 work as a transparent electrode as well as a photoactive layer, respectively.
Jul 7, 2022 // Technology, clean energy transition, indium tin oxide, Japanese University, Near invisible solar cell, Normal ITO electrode, photoactive layer, Schottky junction solar cell, transparent electrode, tungsten disulfide
Scientists raise the photoresponsivity of a lead-halide perovskite by 250%.
Researchers from Korea's Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Chinese Academy of Sciences, the University of Rochester in the U.S, and The Australian National University have actually boosted the photoresponsivity of a lead-halide perovskite for solar cell applications by 250%. They developed a perovskite film with a plasmonic substrate made from hyperbolic metamaterial and characterized it with transition dipole orientation.
Feb 20, 2023 // Technology, Asia, Korea, solar cell, perovskite, IBS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Australian National University, Institute for Basic Science, University of Rochester in the U.S
A secure potassium-ion storage space with brand-new cathode product
Researchers in China case to have actually determined an unique cathode product that could be used in even more secure potassium-ion storage space systems. According to the team, this brand-new product can make it possible for the advancement of storage space systems able to preserve 94% of their ability after 2000 cycles, with 0.003% capability discolor per cycle.
Mar 25, 2020 // Technology, Storage, China, Asia, cathode
Canadian Company Shuts $10M Series A to Expand Lithium Refining Capacity
The round was led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) with participation from existing capitalist BDC Capital's Cleantech Practice (BDC). The business will use the investment to develop its very first operational, commercial-scale plant with the intention of expanding lithium refining capacity in the Western Hemisphere.
Nov 23, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Canada, North America, breakthrough energy ventures, BEV, Carmichael Roberts, Mangrove Lithium, Saad Dara, Series A investment round, Vancouver
How to choose the best battery for a solar energy system
There are different types of solar batteries for home use available on the market today. They have different specifications, and to choose a proper solution
Jul 28, 2020
A method to support 3D/2D perovskite heterostructures for solar cells
Hybrid perovskite solar cells (PSCs) constructed from organic and also inorganic products are highly promising energy services that can help to decrease carbon emissions worldwide. In the last few years, these cells' power-conversion efficiencies (PCEs) have actually improved substantially, ultimately surpassing 25%.
Mar 8, 2023 // Technology, solar cells, perovskite, University of Toronto, Wuhan University of Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
A polarization-driven guide to making high-performance, functional solar cells
Improving solar cell design is essential for improving energy usage. Researchers have lately focused on making solar cells more efficient, flexible, and mobile to enable their assimilation into everyday applications. Consequently, unique light-weight as well as flexible thin film solar cells have been developed.
Jan 5, 2021 // Technology, South Korea, solar cells, Asia, Youngho Kang
Making solar cells effective, cheaper, recyclable: IIT-Guwahati finds a means
Perovskite-based devices are considered heavily utilized semiconductor materials as they are affordable and simple to make
Dec 30, 2021 // Technology, Manufacturing News, India, solar cells, Asia, photovoltaic cells, IIT-Guwahati, Recyclable Waste
American scientists discover a new catalyst for hydrogen production from seawater
The research group from the University of Houston has found a novel catalyst which is likely to help effectively split hydrogen from seawater. This innovation is supposed to considerably advance the seawater electrolysis development for commercial hydrogen production.
Nov 22, 2019 // Technology, Solar to Fuel, USA, hydrogen, North America, University of Houston, Solar to Fuel, Solar to Hydrogen, Producing Hydrogen, Hydrogen from renewable, Renewable fuels
A CIGS perovskite tandem solar cell with potential for 27.5% efficiency
Lithuanian researchers claim to have dramatically improved the performance of a perovskite-based copper indium gallium selenide solar cell they developed with the Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin. The improved efficiency, they claim, was achieved thanks to one of the most recently developed monolayers used for experiments on the cell.
Jan 8, 2020 // Technology, Japan, Europe, Asia, solar cell, perovskite, Lithuania, CIGS, Kaunas
The weekend read: Unsteady progress of a potential MENA solar superpower
With a combination of scale, a growing population, outstanding irradiation, and available capital, solar PV should be a ‘no brainer’ for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. But early explorations of the technology have soured expectations, and progress has come in fits and starts.
Aug 17, 2019 // Solar, Saudi Arabia, solar pv, Asia, K.A.CARE, REPDO
A solar-powered irrigation pump with pay-as-you-go option
Comet-ME has developed a solar-powered submersible borehole piston pump for off-grid communities and smallholders to use for irrigation and domestic purposes. The device, compatible with PV systems from 300-900 W in size, can pump water from 45m with as little as 50 W of continuous solar power.
Dec 18, 2019 // Technology, Commercial, Comet-ME, pump, Palestine, SMPP, Noam Dotam
What's required for a multi-gigawatt market to develop
A multi-gigawatt co-location market looks readied to take off within the next five years, nonetheless unpredictability over DC combining, the demand for expensive symmetrical grid connections and also outdated governing frameworks take the chance of preventing the marketplace's growth.
Sep 25, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Storage, Grids, USA, North America, Jenny Chase, dc coupling, balancing mechanism, grid connections, Corentin Baschet, Ben Irons
German research team sets up a record for solar module efficiency
Research team from a few German institutes, together with South-China-based University of Technology, breaks a conversion efficiency record for organic photovoltaic modules. The 26 sq cm module consisting of 12 cells shows 12.6 per cent efficiency. The achievement is registered by Fraunhofer ISE.
Nov 13, 2019 // Technology, Germany, China, Europe, Asia, PV module