Solar Technology & PV R&D News

Is Solar-Powered Cryptocurrency Mining the Next Big Thing?
Humanity is currently in the middle of the era of the Internet. The World Wide Web, digital media and globalization have all but transformed the very existence we are a part of. Everyday scenarios and situations have gained digital counterparts, and things that would once require significant effort are now available at the touch of a finger.
Feb 16, 2021 // Technology, Software, Blockchain, USA, mining, North America, cryptocurrency, Bitcoin mining, Merkle
Filipino Pupil Styles Solar Windows That Transforms Food Waste Into Renewable Resource
The first-ever sustainability champion of The James Dyson Award was granted to Carvey Maigue for inventing an ingenious method to tackle food waste and also using it to develop renewable resource sources therefore establishing a circular economic situation as well as mitigating climate modification.
Feb 15, 2021 // BIPV, Technology, Asia, Philippines, Tom Crawford, Solar Windows, Carvey Maigue, James Dyson Award
Blockchain Technologies to Make a Better Asset Management Solar Software – Pros & Cons
It goes without saying that the 21st century is the era of digitalization with numerous innovative solutions that are constantly implemented and improve the quality of our life. The renewable energy sector did not stay on the sidelines and has been significantly changed for the last 15 years.
Feb 15, 2021 // Technology, Software, Blockchain, blockchain, eCharge, PowerLedger
Beaming a light on real value of solar power
Beyond the environmental benefits and also lower electric expenses, it turns out setting up photovoltaic panels on your residence actually profits your whole community. Worth evaluations for grid-tied solar systems confirm photovoltaic panels are helpful for energy business and also customers alike.
Feb 15, 2021 // Technology, Markets & Finance News, Joshua Pearce, Richard Witte, Michigan Technological University, MOST
Solar awnings over parking lots aid business as well as consumers
The variety of people that possess electric cars (EVs) is increasing, yet they encounter a quandary: Unlike those who possess gasoline-burning cars, EV owners can not just stand out down to the corner gasoline station for a fill-up. Specifically in rural areas, charging stations can be scarce.
Feb 15, 2021 // BIPV, Technology, USA, North America, EV, Joshua Pearce, Richard Witte, Sanjay Deshmukh, Solar awnings
Bristol-led study will certainly interrupt solar as well as quicken initiatives towards Net-Zero target
A team of scientists, led by chemists from the University of Bristol, has received substantial financing from the UKRI to revolutionise the construction as well as application of photovoltaic devices, made use of to create solar energy.
Feb 15, 2021 // Technology, Bristol, David Fermin, Jake Bowers, Northumbria University, Loughborough University, UKRI
A strategy to improve the efficiency and also long-term stability of perovskite solar cells
Over the past couple of years, scientists have actually been attempting to develop brand-new layouts for perovskite solar cells that could boost their performance, effectiveness and stability over time. One feasible means of accomplishing this is to integrate 2-D as well as 3-D halide perovskites in order to leverage the beneficial properties of these 2 different sorts of perovskites.
Feb 12, 2021 // Technology, solar cells, perovskite, efficiency, Seoul National University, Korea University, Jun Hong Noh
New Modern Technology from PNU Makes Collapsible Solar Cells a Practical Truth
With the recent growth of collapsible smart phone screens, research on foldable electronic devices has never been so intensive. One particularly beneficial application of collapsible technology is in solar panels.
Feb 12, 2021 // Technology, solar cells, International, Innovation, Foldable Solar Cells, Pusan National University
Solar Software When Combined with Artificial Technology – A New Trend in 2021?
Renewable energy is in high demand nowadays. More and more structures require solar software to improve their business projects, agricultural activities, and other corporate processes. 2019-2020 is the period of the PV-panel boom in the world when more and more enterprises began to use renewable energy resources more often and in a bigger quantity.
Feb 12, 2021 // Technology, Software, PV panel, TST Reikard
Multi-inch single-crystalline perovskite for self-powered incorporated circuit photodetection reported
Multiple-cation and mixed-halide (FAMACs) perovskites, which are developed by including Cs/MA/Br ions right into the FAPbI3 perovskites, are taken into consideration as the most effective structures for applications in high-efficiency photovoltaic or pv and also photoelectronic gadgets owing to their improved stability, reduced ion movement, as well as minimized hysteresis.
Feb 11, 2021 // Technology, China, Asia, perovskite, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Liu Shengzhong, Liu Yucheng
A brand-new modifier boosts the effectiveness of perovskite solar cells
The research study group of NUST MISIS has actually provided an enhanced structure of perovskite solar cells.
Feb 10, 2021 // Technology, Italy, solar cells, Europe, perovskite, NUST MISIS, efficiency, University of Tor Vergata, Anastasia Yakusheva
Effectiveness restrictions of next-generation hybrid photovoltaic-thermal solar innovation
Spectral-splitting hybrid photovoltaic-thermal (SSPVT) technology has become an encouraging route towards high-performance solar harvesting.
Feb 9, 2021 // Technology, UK, China, Europe, Asia, efficiency, Spectral-splitting hybrid photovoltaic-thermal, SSPVT, solar collectors, Christos N. Markides, Gan Huang, Kai Wang
Design of a nanometric structure that enhances solar cell efficiency
Researchers at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have established a brand-new nanometric framework that can cover the surface area of some silicon photovoltaic panels and enhance their efficiency by approximately 40%. This design could be put on future solar installments to achieve a better power performance.
Feb 9, 2021 // Technology, solar cell, efficiency, UC3M, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Ricardo Vergaz, Braulio García-Camara
New means to power up nanomaterials for digital applications
UCLA materials scientists and also associates have actually discovered that perovskites, a class of encouraging materials that could be utilized for low-priced, high-performance solar cells and also LEDs, have a previously unutilized molecular part that can additionally tune the digital home of perovskites.
Feb 8, 2021 // Technology, solar cells, perovskite, Los Angeles, University of California, efficiency, Yang Yang, Lawrence E. Tannas, Rui Wang
An optical layer like nothing else
For greater than a century, optical finishings have actually been made use of to better reflect specific wavelengths of light from lenses and also various other tools or, on the other hand, to far better transfer certain wavelengths with them. As an example, the finishings on colored eyeglasses mirror, or "block out," damaging blue light and also ultraviolet rays.
Feb 8, 2021 // Technology, USA, solar cell, North America, University of Rochester, Case Western Reserve University, Chunlei Guo