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Strong winds flip cars competing in the World Solar Challenge
A solar car competing in the World Solar Challenge has rolled over on the Stuart Highway, just north of Coober Pedy in South Australia.
Oct 16, 2019 // Transport, Australia, World Solar Challenge, Oceania, Chris Selwood
HL220 Interlayer Lifts Inverted Perovskites Above 26%
HL220 supercharges inverted perovskite cells: smoother interfaces, faster electrons, 26.44% PCE, 85.2% FF, 22.93% on 15 cm²—94.1% retained after 450 hours. Alcohol-processable, silver-synergistic, scale-ready.
Feb 23, 2026 // Technology, perovskite, efficiency, Shenzhen University, Ocean University of China
AI-driven robots are making new materials, improving solar cells and other technologies
Ada, an AI-driven robot, searches for new solar cell designs at the University of British Columbia.
Dec 12, 2019 // Technology, Manufacturing News, USA, Canada, UK, Europe, solar cell, North America, University of British Columbia, Curtis Berlinguette, Benji Maruyama, Apurva Mehta, Kristin Persson, Keith Brown, Joshua Schrier, John Gregoire
Physicists shine light on properties of potential solar cell material
Research led by University of Texas at Dallas physicists has altered the understanding of the fundamental properties of perovskite crystals, a class of materials with great potential as solar cells and light emitters.
Oct 7, 2019 // Technology, USA, North America, University of Texas, Dallas, Anton Malko, Riya Bose
Multiferroic materials: Further improve the efficiency of solar cells
The growth of new-type thin-film solar cell modern technology is groundbreaking, it opens the possibility of presenting clean energy right into modern families most cordially, as well as will bring a brand-new way of life. Today, people are particularly positive regarding the growth potential of these new-type thin-film solar cells.
Oct 26, 2021 // Technology, China, solar cells, Asia, efficiency, Chaoyong Deng
Cranberry farmers want to build solar panels over their bogs
America’s cranberry industry is looking to solar power for relief as it struggles with plummeting fruit prices.
Oct 30, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, Jordan Macknick, Michael Wainio
How much money can you make with PV-assisted EV charging stations?
A French-Turkish study group has actually developed a financial design to maximize organizing for solar-powered EV billing systems. The suggested version recommends that such projects could be a lot more rewarding today than at the end of the years, relying on a vast array of variables.
Apr 6, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Asia, Turkey, ev charging
New floating solar research demonstrates water quality improvements
A brand-new research study in the UK has found that floating solar setups may assist to minimize the impact of climate modification on rivers as well as lakes and assist protect water high quality, yet much more study is required.
Mar 26, 2021 // Plants, Floating PV, UK, floating PV, Europe, EDP Renewables, fpv, EDF Renewables, white pine
Scientist insurance claim solar effectiveness advancement for flexible 'skin'.
Designers at the University of Queensland claim innovation could be made use of to power little gadgets, such as a phone, within 2 years.
Feb 18, 2020 // Technology, queensland, John Grimes, flexible, Lianzhou Wang, Simon Holmes à Court
Outstanding organic solar cells' efficiency attained by using new technology
Organic solar components with the self-assembling molecular-thin layer (SAM) of hole-transporting product, the technology, which was made use of in producing a record-breaking tandem solar cell, accomplished 18.4 power conversion performance.
Jun 26, 2021 // Technology, efficiency, Vytautas Getautis, organic solar cells, Kaunas University of Technology, KTU, Artiom Magomedov
Scientist Develop Tool to Recoup Waste Warm from Photovoltaic Units
The hybrid system consists of a bismuth telluride TEG warmer and also a perovskite cell
Aug 30, 2021 // Technology, solar cell, perovskite, MIT, efficiency, HTEPV SYSTEM
Offshore vs land-based solar
A simulation by Utrecht University scientists showed North Sea PV projects might execute much better than a ground-mounted solar generator in the Netherlands. Offshore installments can produce 12.96% even more power each year, according to the searchings for of the research study, with the sea serving as a cooling system.
May 13, 2020 // Technology, Plants, Europe, Netherlands, Utrecht University, offshore PV plants
Researchers optimize efficiency as well as stability of multi-layer organic solar cells
Acceptor layers made from oligomers can enhance the efficiency of organic solar cells as well as ensure a lengthy operating life at the same time. This is the result of a series of intricate laboratory experiments conducted by products researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU).
Nov 22, 2022 // Technology, organic solar cells, FAU, Friedrich–Alexander University Erlangen–Nurnberg
Perovskite material with superlattice structure may surpass performance of a 'perfect' solar cell
A perovskite solar cell established by engineers at the University of California San Diego brings scientists closer to damaging the ceiling on solar cell effectiveness, suggests a research released Aug. 10 in Nature.
Aug 12, 2022 // Technology, solar cell, perovskite, University of California, efficiency, Yusheng Lei, Sheng Xu
Scientists take on a brand-new possibility to create high-energy batteries
In the last few years, lithium-ion batteries have actually progressed at providing power to Soldiers in the field, yet the present generation of batteries never ever reaches its greatest power possibility. Military scientists are exceptionally concentrated on fixing this obstacle as well as supplying the power Soldiers need.
Apr 29, 2020 // Technology, Storage, USA, Lithium-ion batteries, North America, Oleg Borodin, Chunsheng Wang