Solar Technology & PV R&D News

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A team of researchers from Lancaster University in the UK have developed an entire brand-new method to save power from the Sun for numerous months at a time, with the alternative of releasing it as needed in the form of warmth.

Nanomaterials researchers in Finland, the United States and China have developed a color atlas for 466 distinct varieties of single-walled carbon nanotubes.

Design solutions business Solar Support has actually presented a diagnostic equipment maintenance program that uses analytics to evaluate the wellness of main inverters in utility-scale PV systems. Backed by 22 years of inverter and power electronic devices repairing, the program supports both anticipating as well as corrective O&M.

Scientists show an ingenious e-skin with touch and proximity-sensing abilities without utilizing devoted touch sensors

The country's leading solar research centre has actually secured its first major grant in years with the Australian Renewable Energy Agency tipping in $19 million for equipment to help clean energy even more competitive.

Among the largest obstacles in using renewable resource effectively is the opportunity to store power on a large scale. SaltX Technology AB has partnered with Sumitomo SHI FW (SFW) to fix this in terms of heat energy.

Silicon has long been the gold standard for solar cells, however it's starting to reach its limitation. Perovskite is emerging as a promising companion, and now designers have attained a new efficiency record closing in on 30 percent for this sort of tandem solar cell.

To construct an extra structurally steady sodium-ion battery, a group of researchers from South Korea and also the United States have resorted to mammal bones and also their multilayer geometry for motivation.

A Rochester Institute of Technology teacher got a give from the Department of Energy to research means to develop low-priced, high-efficiency solar cells.

Researchers have created a product for flexible perovskite solar cells that makes use of sunlight-generated electrons better, obtaining a brand-new record efficiency of 20.7%. The product consists of a permeable planar electron transportation layer that improves the communication in between its electrodes and perovskite layer, raising efficiency to push the idea closer to real-world applications.

Scientists at Hiroshima University in Japan have combined together different polymer and molecular semiconductors as photo-absorbers to develop a solar cell with enhanced power performances and also power generation.

Consumers worldwide are demanding greener power sources; consequently, enhancing the performance and financial stability of solar cells is an important research emphasis. Improving the performance of perovskite solar cells has been a certain priority; nevertheless, less emphasis has been put on comprehending what makes the cell efficiency wear away.

An international research study team led by scientists from Center for high pressure science and modern technology advanced study (HPSTAR) has actually reported a comprehensive high-pressure isotope research study on crossbreed perovskites.

Tim Bruewer information optimum thermal management for using molten salt in solar thermal nuclear power plant with focused radiation