Solar Technology & PV R&D News

Major advancement in producing new family members of semiconductor materials
MIT engineers report producing the very first high-grade thin films of a new household of semiconductor materials. The task, which lead scientist Rafael Jaramillo describes as his "white whale" because of his fixation in pursuing it over the years, has the potential to effect several areas of technology if background repeats itself. The capability to develop top notch films of other families of semiconductors brought about computers, solar cells, night-vision video cameras, and extra.
Oct 4, 2021 // Technology, USA, solar cell, perovskite, MIT, North America, Thomas Lord
Next-generation solar cell technology gets to space
Somewhere among the radiance of the night sky is a tiny satellite powered by innovative, next-generation solar cell technology established at Sandia National Laboratories.
Sep 30, 2021 // Technology, USA, solar cell, Sandia National Laboratories, North America, Kevin Hell, mPower Technology, DragonSCALES, Mary Monson, Murat Okandan
Researchers determine as well as clear efficiency hurdle for organic solar cells
Scientists have identified an essential device responsible for the reduced effectiveness of organic solar cells and revealed a way that this hurdle might be conquered.
Sep 30, 2021 // Technology, UK, Europe, efficiency, University of Cambridge, organic solar cells, Alexander Gillett
Large location perovskite solar cell with copper steel call
An Indian research group has actually built a perovskite cell that has a steel contact based upon copper, as opposed to expensive gold. The tool revealed almost the exact same effectiveness as a cell established with gold metallization but its security was much reduced. In order to conquer this problem, the researchers suggest making use of a metal get in touch with constructed from a thin layer of gold and a thicker, overlying copper layer.
Sep 29, 2021 // Technology, India, Asia, solar cell, perovskite, efficiency
New imaging system exposes solar panel defects also in bright sunlight
Researchers have actually created as well as demonstrated a brand-new system that can spot defects in silicon photovoltaic panels in full as well as partial sunlight under any climate condition. Because current defect detection methods can not be made use of in daylight problems, the brand-new system can make it a lot easier to keep solar panels functioning ideally.
Sep 29, 2021 // Technology, China, Asia, solar panel, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Yunsheng Qian, Sheng Wu
Phelan Energy Unveils New Floating Solar Panel Technology
Phelan Energy Group (PEG) introduced a brand-new floating photovoltaic panel at the SolarPlaza, Floating Solar meeting, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, the other day. This new concept layout and also performance will make its power result rate competitive, or less than land based planetary systems, claimed Chairman Paschal Phelan.
Sep 29, 2021 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Floating PV, Amsterdam, Paschal Phelan, Phelan Energy Group, PEG, SolarPlaza Floating Solar conference
New roadmap to much better carrying out solar energy cells
Perovskite solar cells are in numerous ways currently as effective as traditional crystalline silicon-based solar cells; perovskite has actually the added benefit of being a lot more affordable than its silicon equivalent. Perovskites are also being presented in numerous gadgets such as light-emitting diodes, lasers, memory gadgets and much more.
Sep 28, 2021 // Technology, Canada, solar cells, perovskite, North America, Sam Stranks, University of Surrey, University of Cambridge, Wei Zhang, University of Toronto
Nanoparticle Paste To Optimize Perovskite Solar Cell Performance
A global group of scientists from ITMO's School of Physics and also Engineering and also Tor Vergata University of Rome located a method to boost the efficiency of perovskite-based solar cells. The project was sustained by a Russian Science Foundation grant as well as its outcomes were defined in a paper published in Nano Energy.
Sep 27, 2021 // Technology, solar cell, perovskite, efficiency, ITMO's School of Physics and Engineering, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Sergey Makarov
A brand-new solid-state battery shocks the researchers who developed it
Engineers created a brand-new kind of battery that weaves 2 promising battery sub-fields right into a solitary battery. The battery utilizes both a solid state electrolyte and an all-silicon anode, making it a silicon all-solid-state battery.
Sep 24, 2021 // Technology, Storage, University of California San Diego, Shirley Meng, LG Energy Solution, Darren H. S. Tan, Myung-hwan Kim
Antimony trisulfide solar cell with 5.84% performance
The cell was produced by including a special additive that improves the reduced crystallinity and high resistivity of the antimony trisulfide film. In addition to the improved performance, the device showed an open-circuit voltage of 0.62 V, a short-circuit existing thickness of 15.85 mA/cm2 and also a fill aspect of 59.61%.
Sep 23, 2021 // Technology, China, Asia, solar cell, efficiency, Antimony trisulfide, Northwestern Polytechnical University
Triple Solar reveals brand-new photovoltaic thermal panel for heat-pump homes
Dutch company Triple Solar has introduced a new PVT module for domestic applications which can be linked to water-to-water or PVT heatpump. The brand-new panel is stated to be 10% bigger as well as have a 15% higher outcome than the firm's other products as well as can reach a PV power result of 450 W.
Sep 23, 2021 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Residential, Europe, PV module, Netherlands, Triple Solar, photovoltaic thermal (PVT) module
A make over at the issue of energy effectiveness in lithium-ion batteries
A worldwide research team including two Skoltech researchers has actually experimentally demonstrated that a long-lasting description for reduced energy effectiveness in lithium-ion batteries does not hold.
Sep 21, 2021 // Technology, Storage, Lithium-ion batteries, Skoltech, efficiency, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
Arctech Launches Globe's First PV Company-owned Wind Tunnel Research Laboratory to Wisely Increase the Stability of Trackers
Technical database of laboratory will certainly empower trackers with much better wind resistance ability and reduced LCOE (Levelized Cost of Energy) of PV nuclear power plant
Sep 16, 2021 // Technology, China, Asia, trackers, arctech, Bruce Wang
Novel polymer can improve efficiency of organic and also perovskite solar cells
Skoltech scientists and also their coworkers have actually manufactured a new conjugated polymer for organic electronic devices making use of two different chemical reactions and also shown the influence of both approaches on its efficiency in organic and also perovskite solar cells. The paper was released in the journal Macromolecular Chemistry as well as Physics.
Sep 16, 2021 // Technology, Skoltech, solar cells, perovskite, efficiency, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
Researchers discover the physics of perovskite, a product with lots of prospective technical applications
Perovskite is one of one of the most extensively examined products because of its several possible applications.
Sep 15, 2021 // Technology, South america, Brazil, perovskite, Sao Paulo