Solar Technology & PV R&D News

Pressing quantum dots onward
Researchers in Korea have actually examined efficiency destruction in quantum dot solar cells-- a vital factor to consider for a modern technology that has actually seen quick effectiveness rises in current months. The team located surface area oxidation of quantum dot product stands for a considerable hazard to longer-term efficiency and also the scientists recommend that an extra layer in the cell might address the trouble.
Apr 14, 2020 // Technology, solar cells, Asia, Korea, DGIST, efficiency, QDSCs
A wood solar home for EUR1,700 per square meter
French startup Solaire Box has actually increased EUR1.5 million to back its service providing wood homes full with PV roofs. The structures price EUR1,700-2,000/ m ² and also function PV components made by French company Systovi. The business intends contribute to include attributes such as power storage space systems as well as carbon-free home heating.
Apr 14, 2020 // Technology, Residential, Rooftop PV, France, Europe, rooftop PV, Thomas Coquil, Solaire Box
NREL Six-Junction Solar Cell Establishes 2 Globe Records for Efficiency
Researchers at NREL have actually produced a solar battery with an efficiency of almost 50 percent. The cell currently holds 2 globe documents for solar conversion efficiency
Apr 14, 2020 // Technology, NREL, solar cell, modules, efficiency, International, John Geisz, Ryan France
USC researchers create a much better redox circulation battery
USC researchers have actually established a brand-new battery that can address the electrical energy storage space issue constricting prevalent use renewable resource.
Apr 13, 2020 // Technology, Storage, USA, North America, USC, Sri Narayan, Surya Prakash
Eindhoven scientists existing cutting edge light-emitting silicon
Emitting light from silicon has actually been the 'Holy Grail' in the microelectronics market for years. Fixing this problem would certainly change computer, as chips will certainly come to be quicker than ever before. Scientists from Eindhoven University of Technology currently was successful: they have actually established an alloy with silicon that can emit light. The outcomes have actually been released in the journal Nature. The group will certainly currently begin developing a silicon laser to be incorporated right into existing chips.
Apr 13, 2020 // Technology, Europe, silicon, Netherlands, Eindhoven University of Technology, light-emitting, Erik Bakkers, Silicon laser
These New Solar-Pavement Driveways Made of Plastic Bottles Can Power the Average Household
Photovoltaic panel driveways might quickly be powering all our families with tidy electrical power thanks to this Budapest-based start-up.
Apr 10, 2020 // Technology, PV panels, Europe, Budapest, Platio Solar
Manz to partly return to procedures after Easter
The PV manufacturing devices supplier claimed its workers will certainly go back to operate at to 2 areas in Germany as intended after the Easter break, regardless of problems regarding the Covid-19 pandemic.
Apr 10, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Germany, Italy, Europe, Martin Drasch, covid-19, WESTERN EUROPE, Manz
Beam! You're on photoluminescence cam!
Scientists in Australia and also China made use of intensity-modulated photoluminescence to map the collection resistance of perovskite solar cells with a strategy which might even more understanding of the reasons for instability problems in such gadgets.
Apr 9, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, China, Australia, solar cells, Asia, perovskite, Oceania
A large grid service to harness little solar arrays
Researchers at the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory are establishing an interaction system to work with as well as manage the quantities of solar energy infused right into grids by tiny range solar arrays.
Apr 9, 2020 // Technology, Residential, Grids, USA, NREL, North America
Australian scientists boost tidy hydrogen electrolysis
Griffith University researchers have actually opened a catalytic procedure to boost the malfunction of water right into hydrogen and also oxygen and also bring Australia an action nearer tidy, reliable hydrogen gas.
Apr 9, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Solar to Fuel, Australia, hydrogen, Oceania, Yuhai Dou
All-organic, sustainable proton battery from Sweden
A team of scientists at Sweden's Uppsala College have actually created a proton battery based upon abundant natural products. They claim the battery can be charged "immediately" while running at reduced temperatures, and can be cycled more than 500 times without considerable capacity loss.
Apr 8, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Sweden, Europe, Uppsala University, Christian Strietzel
New process for kesterite solar cells with 10% efficiency
German scientists have established a brand-new process for the development of a stage pure kesterite Cu2ZnSnSe4 (CZTSe), which they claim can improve the product homogeneity and also reduce the well-known concern of tin losses. The new method is based on piled essential and also alloyed forerunners with a Zn/Cu-Sn/Zn precursor framework.
Apr 8, 2020 // Technology, Germany, solar cells, Europe, efficiency
X-rays expose sitting crystal development of lead-free perovskite solar panel products
Lead-based perovskites are really encouraging products for the manufacturing of photovoltaic panels. They effectively transform light into electrical energy yet they additionally offer some significant disadvantages: one of the most effective products are not really secure, while lead is a hazardous component. College of Groningen researchers are examining options to lead-based perovskites.
Apr 7, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, solar cells, Europe, solar panel, perovskite, Netherlands, Maria Loi, Giuseppe Portale
Fraunhofer ISE evaluates vehicle-integrated PV in business vehicles
2 Fraunhofer institutes as well as 4 commercial gamers are interacting to create a principle that will certainly help with using vehicle-integrated solar components in electrical automobiles and also vehicles. The three-year "Lade PV" project will certainly likewise concentrate on PV parts and also producing procedures.
Apr 7, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Transport, Germany, Europe, solar modules, Christoph Kutter
Swiss scientists reveal brand-new perovskite procedure
A team of researchers at Switzerland's Federal Laboratories for Materials Science as well as Technology (EMPA) has actually shown a brand-new production procedure, based upon port pass away finishing, for the manufacturing of perovskite thin-film solar cells. The research laboratory has actually produced tiny perovskite components utilizing this procedure as well as has strategies to relocate right into the field-testing stage later on this year.
Apr 7, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Europe, perovskite, Switzerland, WORLD, EMPA