Solar Technology & PV R&D News

The majority of space satellites are powered by photovoltaic cells that convert sunlight to electrical energy. Direct exposure to particular types of radiation present in orbit can harm the devices, degrading their performance and restricting their lifetime.

For numerous years, Switzerland has actually been home to some pioneering clinical technologies in renewable resource. In what could be called a breakthrough in the solar globe, researchers from the country have actually created dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC) that promise the benefits of record-setting effectiveness degrees along with the holy grail of affordable and also flexibility.

Scientists in Australia have shown a new way to apply a passivating call layer to silicon cells. They generated an n-type cell with aluminum-titanium passivating contact and also 21.9% effectiveness, and also declared the technique could open new possibilities for making use of transition metal oxides in cell passivation.

Australian solar technology business SunDrive remains to excite with its copper-based solar cell modern technology, achieving 26.41% performance for a full-size silicon cell utilizing heterojunction modern technology compatible with automation.

A Brisbane organization claims it is the only firm on the planet making its very own graphene from natural gas Graphene batteries are a lot more secure than lithium batteries, which are used in lots of family things There is an expanding demand for investment in technology such as batteries to assist with solar power storage space

Ruddlesden-Popper-type (RP) quasi-two-dimensional (2D) perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have actually brought in comprehensive focus due to their unique photovoltaic or pv properties and also exceptional device security. Due to disordered crystallization, the film quality of RP perovskite remains unsatisfactory.

In semiconductor heterostructures, reconfiguring the band-edge states and also modulating their interplay with charge carriers in a continuous manner have actually been long-lasting challenges.

A rise in the performance of photovoltaic panels may be on the horizon, as research study from The Australian National University (ANU) reduces their existing limitations.

A new type of product for solar cells was proposed by specialists of the Ural Federal University (UrFU) as well as the Institute of Organic Synthesis of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences together with their associates. The compounds found will considerably decrease the cost of solar cell production. The article was released in the New Journal of Chemistry.

In the unique experiment, Panasonic located that battery storages, pure hydrogen fuel cell generators as well as solar PV generators can be made to work together for a stable supply of power and also appropriate control in a building or facility. Panasonic held that the solution is unaffected by climate adjustment.

By utilizing geothermal cooling, a research group from the University of Alcala in Spain has actually established a prototype solar panel with approximately 14% greater performance.

A team of scientists has found a new mechanism to stabilize the lithium metal electrode and electrolyte in lithium metal batteries. This new mechanism, which does not depend upon the typical kinetic technique, has the potential to considerably enhance the energy density-- the amount of energy stored relative to the weight or volume-- of batteries.

Mesoscopic dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) were designed in 1990s by Brian O'Regan and Michael Grätzel, taking on the latter's name-- the world-famous Grätzel cells. DSCs convert light into electrical power via photosensitizers-- dye compounds that absorb light and inject electrons into an array of oxide nanocrystals which ultimately are collected as electrical current.

Just Recently, Junyou Yang and Yubo Luo from the Huazhong University of Science as well as Technology, in cooperation with Xin Li from the National University of Singapore, released an article labelled "Enhancing the stability of planar perovskite solar cells by green as well as affordable cellulose acetate butyrate" in Journal of Energy Chemistry.

A research group, affiliated with UNIST has prospered in achieving a power conversion efficiency (PEC) of 23.50% in a perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell built with a special textured anti-reflective coating (ARC) polymeric film. According to the research study group, the PCE of the tool with the ARC film was sustained for 120 hrs, keeping 91% of its initial value.