Solar Technology & PV R&D News

Fish Gills Utilized to Establish Rechargeable Metal-Air Battery
Researchers at INST, Mohali, under DST have actually developed a reliable, inexpensive electro-catalyst from fish gills that can aid establish rechargeable batteries
Apr 21, 2020 // Technology, Storage, storage, India, Asia, Innovation, DST, Fish Gills, INST Mohali, Rechargeable Batteries, Ramendra Sundar Dey
New making strategy for 26%- effective tandem perovskite solar cell
UNITED STATE researchers have actually shown a perovskite-silicon tandem cell they assert has reduced reflectance losses and also solid capacity for business manufacturing. The tandem style includes a production procedure including the solution-based blading of perovskites onto distinctive silicon wafers.
Apr 20, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, USA, solar cell, perovskite, North America, efficiency, perovskite-silicon, Arizona State University
PV-powered hand sanitizer wins Covid-19 hackathon
An ESA-backed hackathon increased the concept of transforming end-of-life PV components right into hand sanitizers. The group that won the hackathon is currently functioning to swiftly present the service at range to include the Covid-19 spread.
Apr 20, 2020 // Technology, Germany, pv modules, Europe, covid-19, Estonia, SunCrafter, Joana Kamenova
Solar cyberattacks vs. inverters
A U.S. research study team is currently establishing brand-new inverters to shield solar installments from cyberattacks. The scientists likewise intend to develop brand-new cybersecurity requirements. Teacher Alan Mantooth, the team's research study planner, claimed that inverters can be closed down if they are hacked, or add to grid instability and also lead to the overcharging of batteries, while possibly developing issues that we still do not recognize exactly how to attend to.
Apr 20, 2020 // Technology, Inverters, USA, North America, Alan Mantooth
Wood-like solar exteriors
Taiwanese supplier Heliartec Solutions is supplying BIPV panels for developing exteriors that can be created to imitate various type of appearances in standard structure products. The panels can additionally function as tinted laminated safety glass as well as change typical cladding in the aerated exteriors of structures. They differ in size from 60 centimeters to 240 centimeters, with sizes varying from 30 centimeters to 120 centimeters. Depending upon their dimension, the panels can use power results of 90 W to 150 W per square meter.
Apr 20, 2020 // BIPV, Technology, Manufacturing News, Taiwan, Heliartec Solutions, BIPV panels
Advancement of brand-new photovoltaic commercialization modern technology
A modern technology to more increase the commercialization of Colloidal Quantum Dot( CQD) Photovoltaic( PV) gadgets, which are anticipated to be next-generation photovoltaic tools, has actually been established.
Apr 16, 2020 // Technology, Asia, Korea, DGIST, CQD, PV devices, Edward H. Sargent, Jongmin Choi
Clarifying dark catches
In the last years, perovskites - a varied series of products with a details crystal framework - have actually become appealing choices to silicon solar cells, as they are more affordable and also greener to produce, while attaining an equivalent degree of effectiveness.
Apr 16, 2020 // Technology, UK, solar cells, Europe, perovskite, silicon, efficiency, Sam Stranks
New method to establish ideal air conditioning method for solar modules
A brand-new paper released by scientists at Malaysia's Multimedia University gives a brand-new approach to examine the efficiency of various air conditioning systems for photovoltaic modules. The suggested method counts on determining the outcome of the module with included air conditioning as well as contrasting this to its power ranking under conventional examination problems.
Apr 16, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Malaysia, pv modules, Asia
A closer consider clouds to maximize power projections
A team of researchers in the United States has actually created a weather forecasting design made to much better anticipate the solar irradiation that an offered location will certainly obtain. The version utilizes satellite information to approximate the light transmission residential or commercial properties of clouds, a statistics commonly forgotten in conventional weather forecasting, yet however essential in modeling PV power return.
Apr 16, 2020 // Technology, USA, North America
A non-flammable lithium steel battery
Scientists from Deakin University in Australia declare their battery chemistry is based upon a brand-new course of electrolyte product which brings no danger of unchecked thermal occasions and also stands for a sensible option to rechargeable lithium-ion batteries.
Apr 16, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Australia, Oceania, lithium, Patrick Howlett
Jolywood takes TOPCon solar cell to 23.5% conversion efficiency record
Jolywood (Taizhou) Solar Technology Carbon Monoxide, the PV module production arm of significant PV backsheet producer Jolywood (Suzhou) Sunwatt Carbon monoxide stated it had actually made a conversion performance development with n-type TOPCon (Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact) high-efficiency bifacial solar cells.
Apr 16, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, China, c-si manufacturing, Asia, solar cell, monocrystalline wafer, topcon, jolywood suzhou sunwatt co
Australian researchers assist unlock capacity of wearable as well as flexible solar
Australian scientists have actually aided accomplish an advancement in the manufacturing of reliable and also flexible solar energy products, which might supply a path to wearable solar energy.
Apr 15, 2020 // Technology, Japan, Australia, solar cells, Asia, Oceania, flexible, wearable solar, Wenchao Huang, RIKEN
Tandem solar cell globe document: New branch in the NREL graph
Tandem cells integrate 2 various semiconductors that transform various parts of the light range right into electric power. Metal-halide perovskite substances mostly make use of the noticeable parts of the range, while CIGS semiconductors transform instead the infrared light.
Apr 15, 2020 // Technology, NREL, Germany, Europe, solar cell, efficiency, CIGS, Steve Albrecht, Marko Jost
ClearVue's luminescent solar concentrators create clear PV windows
The attraction of structure incorporated photovoltaics remains to draw in start-ups as well as business owners.
Apr 14, 2020 // BIPV, Technology, USA, North America, ClearVue, PV windows, BeyondPV, thin-film CIGS, Victor Rosenberg
Redox circulation batteries for $66/kWh from steel market waste
UNITED STATE scientists assert to have actually included iron sulfate to anthraquinone disulfonic acid in a redox circulation battery for the very first time. The researchers stated the mix might bring about economical and also much more steady redox circulation storage space for simply $54/kWh and also claimed $66/kWh is currently feasible.
Apr 14, 2020 // Technology, Storage, USA, North America, redox flow battery