Solar Technology & PV R&D News

High-efficiency formamidinium-based perovskite solar cells with procedure lifetime over 2000 hours
Solar cells, which convert sunlight to power, have long belonged to the worldwide vision for renewable resource.
Jun 29, 2021 // Technology, Japan, solar cells, Asia, perovskite, efficiency, Yabing Qi, Guoqing Tong, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Artificial intelligence for solar power is supercomputer kryptonite
Supercomputers can find themselves out of a job thanks to a collection of new machine learning versions that generate rapid, precise outcomes making use of a normal laptop computer.
Jun 26, 2021 // Technology, Australia, solar cells, Oceania, RMIT University, ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science, supercomputer kryptonite, Carl Belle
Outstanding organic solar cells' efficiency attained by using new technology
Organic solar components with the self-assembling molecular-thin layer (SAM) of hole-transporting product, the technology, which was made use of in producing a record-breaking tandem solar cell, accomplished 18.4 power conversion performance.
Jun 26, 2021 // Technology, efficiency, Vytautas Getautis, organic solar cells, Kaunas University of Technology, KTU, Artiom Magomedov
Reusing next-generation solar panels promotes green earth
Tossing damaged photovoltaic panels right into garbage dumps may soon come to be electronics waste background.
Jun 26, 2021 // Technology, Solar Panels, recycling, Fengqi You, Cornell University, Roxanne E., Michael J. Zak
Crown ethers improve perovskite solar cell security
EPFL researchers have actually utilized an unmatched method with multimodal host-guest complexation to considerably improve the security of perovskite solar cells while additionally decreasing the launch of lead into the setting
Jun 26, 2021 // Technology, Europe, solar cell, perovskite, efficiency, EPFL, Jovana V. Milić, Hong Zhang
Scientists in China Establish a PV-driven AC Using Ice Thermal Storage Space
Researchers in China from the Yunnan Normal University and the Jiaxing University have developed a PV-powered ac system that utilizes ice thermal storage rather than batteries to store power.
Jun 25, 2021 // Technology, Storage, Thermal, China, Asia, ice thermal storage, Jiaxing University, PV-driven AC, Yunnan Normal University
Engineers develop solar energy collectors expanded from seeds
Rice College designers have actually produced microscopic seeds for growing extremely uniform 2D perovskite crystals that are both steady and extremely reliable at collecting electrical power from sunlight.
Jun 24, 2021 // Technology, perovskite, Rice University, efficiency, Aditya Mohite
Exactly how to make lithium-ion batteries invincible
In our future energized world, the need for battery storage is predicted to be enormous, reaching to upwards of 2 to 10 terawatt-hours (TWh) of yearly battery manufacturing by 2030, from less than 0.5 TWh today.
Jun 24, 2021 // Technology, Storage, USA, Lithium-ion batteries, North America, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, Gerbrand Ceder
Scientists expose defect homes in photovoltaic material
As a new member of photovoltaic family, antimony trisulfide (Sb2S3) has the satisfactory bandgap of 1.7 eV, profiting the fabrication of the leading absorber layer of tandem solar cells. Because of an unique quasi-one-dimensional framework, it shows benefits of much less dangling bonds. Based upon these advantages, the openings defects upon the surface triggering the recombination of carriers could be minimized dramatically, which assists to resolve the photovoltaic problems in solar cells.
Jun 23, 2021 // Technology, China, Asia, solar cell, photovoltaic material, University of Science and Technology
German Researchers Fabricate Black Perovskite Cells with 15% Efficiency
In a recent paper entitled "Efficient Thermally Evaporated γ-CsPbI3 Perovskite Solar Cells," published this month in the journal Advanced Energy Materials, scientists report on the fabrication of a 'black perovskite' PV gadget-- a solar cell based on all-organic cesium-lead iodide (CsPbI3)-- by thermal evaporation.
Jun 22, 2021 // Technology, Germany, Europe, perovskite, efficiency, Advanced Energy Materials, Dresden University of Technology
Japanese Scientists Use Visible Light to Disintegrate CO2 With Effectiveness
Researchers discover a method to efficiently utilize visible light from the sunlight to break down CO2, open doors to novel means of reducing worldwide warming
Jun 22, 2021 // Technology, Japan, Asia, efficiency, CO2 reduction, global warming, Nagoya Institute of Technology
Novel magnet design with mirror-like properties
Scientists at Tohoku University have shown the designability of unique magnets with magic mirror-like qualities in organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite (OIHP)-type substances.
Jun 18, 2021 // Technology, perovskite, Tohoku University, OIHP, hybrid perovskite, Kouji Taniguchi
Astronauts install new rollout solar panels on International Space Station
Astronauts Thomas Pesquet of France and also Shane Kimbrough of the USA spacewalked outside the International Space Station on Wednesday as they started the painstaking process of installing brand-new solar panels to boost the orbital station's deteriorating power systems.
Jun 18, 2021 // Technology, USA, NASA, France, Europe, North America, PV panel, Thomas Pesquet, Shane Kimbrough, Dana Weigel
Researchers uncover how oxygen loss saps a lithium-ion battery's voltage
When lithium ions flow in and out of a battery electrode throughout billing as well as releasing, a little bit of oxygen permeates out and the battery's voltage-- a procedure of just how much energy it supplies-- discolors an equally little bit. The losses place with time, as well as can ultimately sap the battery's energy storage capacity by 10-15%.
Jun 16, 2021 // Technology, Storage, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, lithium ions, Peter Csernica, Will Chueh
New research radiates light on perovskite solar cell performance
The possibility of a course of products called perovskites, to allow solar cells to much better absorb sunlight for power production, is commonly understood. However, this potential has yet to be completely recognized, specifically under real-world operating problems.
Jun 15, 2021 // Technology, solar cell, perovskite, efficiency, University and Wuhan University of Technology, Joanne Etheridge, Wei Li, Mathias Rothmann