Solar Technology & PV R&D News

Research study suggests solar power can be cleanly exchanged storable hydrogen fuel
Study led by the University of Strathclyde suggests that solar power can be accessed and also exchanged hydrogen-- a clean and also sustainable fuel.
May 6, 2022 // Technology, University of Strathclyde, Hydrogen Fuel, Sebastian Sprick
Coming Quickly: An Inexpensive, Long-Term Energy Storage Battery From Imperial College
It has polysulfide-air redox flow battery (PSA RFB) with two membranes to store excess renewable resource.
May 6, 2022 // Technology, Storage, Nigel Brandon, Mengzheng Ouyang, imperial college, polysulfide-air redox flow battery, PSA RFB
Physicists create perfect testing conditions of solar cells for space applications
This new method for screening perovskite solar cells leads the way for their usage in powering objects that require the cells' radiation firmness and durability.
May 4, 2022 // Technology, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, solar cells, perovskite, University of Oklahoma
Titanium oxide nanoparticle-based perovskite PV cell with 24.05% effectiveness
A brand-new perovskite PV cell based on titanium dioxide nanoparticles exhibits low effectiveness losses when scaled up from cell to module.
May 3, 2022 // Technology, Germany, China, Europe, Asia, perovskite, Switzerland, efficiency, solar sell, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin
Alkaline polysulfide-air redox flow battery with 40% performance
UK researchers have actually developed a stable alkaline-based hybrid polysulfide-air redox flow battery that reduces "crossover" issues via a brand-new dual-membrane-structured flow cell.
May 3, 2022 // Technology, Storage, UK, Europe, efficiency, redox flow battery, Alkaline
EPFL achieves 29.2% efficiency for tandem solar cell with fully textured silicon
Researchers in Switzerland made substantial progress with a method to perovskite-silicon tandem cell layout that they state might become integrated right into existing silicon PV production. They have announced the success of a 29.2% cell efficiency-- not far from the total record for tandem cells, and confirmed by Germany's Fraunhofer ISE.
May 2, 2022 // Technology, Europe, solar cell, Switzerland, efficiency, EPFL, Christophe Baliff
Breaking performance records with tandem solar cells
Oxford PV layers perovskite over silicon to capture a wider wavelength range
Apr 27, 2022 // Technology, solar cells, oxford pv, efficiency, Chris Case
MIT, Standford scientists use machine learning for pervoskite solar cell development
Perovskites are a team of layered crystalline compounds defined by the configuration of the atoms in their crystal lattice. There are hundreds of such possible compounds as well as various methods of making them.
Apr 26, 2022 // Technology, solar cell, MIT, Sam Stranks, University of Cambridge, Standford, pervoskite
Uncovering the secret of ternary polymer solar cell success
Solar cells will certainly doubtless play a significant component in a lasting energy future.
Apr 22, 2022 // Technology, solar cell, polymer, University of Tsukuba, Itaru Osaka, Kazuhiro Marumoto
Less costly solar cells could be en route thanks to new products
New solar cell devices that are more affordable and easier to make might quickly make their means to market thanks to products made at Imperial College London.
Apr 22, 2022 // Technology, solar cells, perovskite, City University of Hong Kong, CityU, Nicholas Long
An option to perovskite solar cell scalability troubles
Perovskites are hybrid products made from steel halides as well as organic compounds.
Apr 22, 2022 // Technology, solar cell, perovskite, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, efficiency
Comprehending just how electrical charges behave inside perovskites can aid improve their performance
A thorough view of just how electric charges behave inside perovskites might assist initiatives to improve the performance of next-generation solar cells based upon these materials, KAUST research published in Nature Communications has shown.
Apr 21, 2022 // Technology, solar cell, perovskite, efficiency, KAUST, University of Science and Technology, Frédéric Laquai
Scientists choose exactly how to prove out perovskite panels for space power
Perovskites, which have revealed enormous potential as a new semiconductor for solar cells, are gaining interest as well as a prospective next-generation technology to likewise power spacefaring objectives.
Apr 19, 2022 // Technology, NREL, solar cells, perovskites, Ahmad Kirmani
AI method picks up from experienced staff on perovskite solar production lines
Academics from MIT as well as Stanford who have actually posited a new production method for perovskite solar cells have additionally created a machine learning system which take advantage of the experience of skilled workers-- as well as they've posted it on-line for anybody to use.
Apr 18, 2022 // Technology, California, USA, Massachusetts, China, Asia, perovskite, MIT, North America
Researchers Have Actually Developed Liquid Solar Energy System That Can Store Electricity For 18 Years
A group of scientists have developed a way to save solar energy in a liquid kind that will can creating electricity on-demand, along with store the energy for a whopping 18 years.
Apr 18, 2022 // Technology, Sweden, Europe, Chalmers University of Technology, Kasper Moth-Poulsen, Liquid Solar Energy System