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New study from US National Renewable Energy Laboratory finds perovskite-based thermochromic windows could lead to massive energy savings and reduce carbon emissions in buildings across all climate zones in the US.

Researchers from Australia and Germany set a new record with a 30.3% efficient perovskite and silicon tandem solar cell, funding by ARENA. Stay up to date with the latest Solar Energy news.

Scientists at University of Rome "Tor Vergata"'s CHOSE (Centre for Hybrid and also Organic Solar Energy), Greatcell Italy, ISM-CNR and also ENEA have actually researched a standard three-way cation perovskite (∼ 1.58 eV) as well as broader bandgap perovskite (∼ 1.63 eV) with intent of discovering a common approach to construct a durable gadget stable gradually independently of the perovskite used.

Halide perovskite solar cells are less stable than thought, but researchers at Georgia Tech have found a path to increased reliability and efficiency, according to new sustainable energy news research.

VIPERLAB (Fully Connected Virtual and also Physical Perovskite Photovoltaic Lab) is an EU-funded H2020 project that brings together a network of European-based scientists and research organizations taken part in the research study as well as development of Perovskite PV.

A new North Carolina State University study, executed in collaboration with battery testing scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, reveals that exceptionally short pulses from a high-powered laser can cause small flaws in lithium-ion battery products-- problems that can enhance battery performance.

Australia's renewable energy change has actually prompted the building and construction of dozens of large-scale solar farms. The boom helps reduce Australia's reliance on fossil fuels, however requires large areas of land to be converted to host solar infrastructure.

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed photovoltaic nanowires using three materials to improve the efficiency of solar energy. These tandem solar cells are now being tested on satellites.

Teraco Data Environments, Africa's largest data center firm, secures $680 million in debt funding to build a 100 MW utility-scale solar farm and expand its data centers with clean energy.

Scientists at Rice University, INSA Rennes, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory as well as Northwestern University have actually handled to directly visualize the architectural dynamics in monocrystalline 2D perovskites.

Perovskite semiconductors promise highly efficient and affordable solar cells. Nonetheless, the semi-organic product is very sensitive to temperature differences, which can swiftly cause fatigue damages in typical outdoor usage. Adding a dipolar polymer compound to the precursor perovskite solution assists to neutralize this.

The purpose behind the new research is aimed at creating a future where solar power is more available and also cost effective. The discovery regarding the new production process is done via a paper published in peer-reviewed journal called 'Science.'

A global study group that included teams from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, University of Fribourg, the University of the Basque Country and also the University of New South Wales has actually assessed the levels of efficiency and stability that perovskite solar cells (PSCs) need to attain in order to end up being an economically viable technology to compete with crystalline silicon cells in the rooftop segment.

Cleaning glass facades and solar installments is costly as well as time-consuming. Dirt lowers the yield of solar modules. Nevertheless, the Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam as well as Plasma Technology (FEP) has actually currently been successful in applying crystalline titanium oxide to ultra-thin glass using a roll-to-roll procedure, thus achieving hydrophobic surfaces that come to be superhydrophilic under UV light.

Researchers from the UK's University of Birmingham, in collaboration with China's University of Science & Technology Beijing, have utilized perovskite materials to develop a novel adjustment for existing iron and steel furnaces that could reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the steelmaking industry by almost 90%.