Solar Technology & PV R&D News

In solar cells, regarding 2 third of the power of sunshine is lost. Fifty percent of this loss results from a process called 'hot provider cooling' where high power photons shed their excess power in the form of warm before being converted to electrical energy. Researchers at AMOLF have actually located a way to control the speed of this process in perovskites by using stress to the product.

Ecoppia, the world-leader in robot cleansing technology for photovoltaic or pv solar sites, introduced today that it has finished the setup of its robots at a solar site in California, U.S.A., operated by The AES Corporation, a Fortune 500 worldwide energy business that offers greener, smarter energy remedies in 15 nations worldwide. AES is the largest personal proprietor of running solar properties in the USA.

Perovskites are hybrid compounds that can be made from metal halides as well as natural components. Their appealing structural and electronic homes have placed them at the center of materials' research, with massive possibility for transforming a wide range of applications, consisting of in solar cells, LED lights, lasers, as well as photodetectors.

Scientists at Linköping University, Sweden, have created a stable high-conductivity polymer ink. The advance paves the way for ingenious printed electronics with high energy performance. The results have been published in Nature Communications.

SolAero Technologies, a leading company of high performance solar cells composite structural products for satellite and also aerospace applications, congratulates the group at NASA's Jet Propulsion Labs (JPL) on the successful first flight of the Mars Helicopter, Ingenuity. SolAero is proud to have supplied the photovoltaic panel that has actually enabled the first powered, controlled trip on one more world.

Two scientists at the Chinese University of Hong Kong have established a new membrane style that prevents crossover in polysulfide redox flow batteries.

A research team at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE has actually set a brand-new conversion efficiency globe record of 26% for both-sides-contacted silicon solar cells.

Hunt Perovskite Technologies (HPT) today revealed that it has actually been chosen for an award of $2.5 million in financing from the United States Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office Fiscal Year 2020 Perovskite Funding Program.

QUT researchers have actually used carbon dots, created from human hair waste sourced from a Brisbane hair salon, to develop a kind of "armor" to enhance the performance of cutting-edge solar modern technology.

A new strategy has been developed at IIT-Guwahati which can aid increase the performance of Li-ion batteries that are extensively used in EVs

NASA's Lucy spacecraft has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing of both photovoltaic panels, the final action in taking a look at these vital spacecraft components to prepare for launch this fall. Once the Lucy spacecraft's photovoltaic panels are attached and also completely extended, they could cover a five-story building.

Scientists from Skoltech as well as their collaborators have designed, synthesized and assessed brand-new substances that can function as catholytes as well as anolytes for organic redox flow batteries, bringing this appealing modern technology better to massive execution. Both papers were released in the Journal of Materials Chemistry An and Chemical Communications.

The price of collecting solar energy has actually gone down so much in recent years that it's providing conventional energy resources a run for their money. However, the challenges of energy storage space - which need the capacity to financial institution a recurring and also seasonally variable supply of solar power - have maintained the modern technology from being economically competitive.

Quickly enhancing solar photovoltaic (PV) installations has actually brought about ecological and also supply chains problems. The United States relies upon imports of basic materials for solar module production and imports of PV cells as well as modules to meet residential need. As PV need rises, so will the requirement to extract useful materials-- an inspiration for domestic reuse and recycling.

The layer of dust and also pollen that settles on the windshield of your vehicle is easily gotten rid of with a turn of the bar that activates wipers and also water. Removing that layer from a solar panel-- especially one inconveniently situated from any source of dampness-- calls for significantly even more work.