Solar Technology & PV R&D News

Solar perovskite manufacturing on a roll
High-performance perovskite solar cells are used a manufacturing-friendly liquid-based process suitable for roll to roll production.
Nov 10, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Asia, solar cell, perovskite, efficiency, KAUST, Stefaan De Wolf, Anand Subbiah
This Method of Deploying Bifacial Solar Modules Could Reduce LCOE of Large Solar Projects
The brand-new approach can help in reducing the LCOE of large-scale solar projects by as much as 23%.
Nov 9, 2020 // Technology, Large-Scale, LCOE, bifacial, solar modules, solar projects, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin
Lead-free magnetic perovskites
Scientists at Linkoping University, Sweden, dealing with the perovskite family of products have actually taken a step forwards as well as created an optoelectronic magnetic double perovskite. The exploration opens up the possibility to couple spintronics with optoelectronics for quick and energy-efficient details storage.
Nov 9, 2020 // Technology, Sweden, Europe, perovskites, Linkoping University, Feng Gao
NTU researchers create energy-saving 'liquid window'
Scientists at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have created a liquid window panel that can concurrently block the sun to manage solar transmission, while capturing thermal warmth that can be launched via the night and day, helping to reduce power intake in buildings
Nov 6, 2020 // Technology, Asia, Singapore, liquid window, NTU Singapore, Long Yi, Wang Shancheng, Zhou Yang
New Purification System Uses Power from Solar Panels to Sanitize Water
At Texas A&M University, researchers have actually established an eco-friendly, affordable service that can aid meet the water as well as electrical power needs of underserved neighborhoods.
Nov 6, 2020 // Technology, USA, Solar Panels, North America, Decontaminate Water, Texas A&M University, Le Xie, Shankar Chellam
Environment-friendly hydrogen: Utilizing solar energy for water splitting
Max Planck scientists evaluate the destruction of photo-electrodes for water splitting as well as publish their current lead to ACS Applied Energy Materials
Nov 6, 2020 // Technology, Solar to Fuel, Germany, Europe, hydrogen, Max Planck, Siyuan Zhang, Christina Scheu
Study lays foundation for ultra-thin, power effective photodetector on glass
Though we might not always realize it, photodetectors add substantially to the ease of modern life. Likewise referred to as photosensors, photodetectors transform light power right into electrical signals to finish tasks such as opening automated sliding doors and instantly readjusting a cell phone's display brightness in different lights conditions.
Nov 5, 2020 // Technology, USA, North America, ACS Nano, Saptarshi Das, Joshua Robinson, Joseph R. Nasr, Smart glass
TEXEL indicators Agreement with Curtin University to Establish Next-Gen Battery
Sustained by the Australian Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, Curtin University has established a new battery innovation, not just to lower the expense of energy storage, however additionally to make sure the technolgy to become more sustainable and also eco-friendly. The innovation does not consist of any type of rare earth elements and also does not consume any of our planet's resources.
Nov 4, 2020 // Technology, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Australia, Oceania, Craig Buckley, Curtin University, Swedish Battery Technology, TEXEL, Lars Jacobsson
A flexible photodetector assisted by photovoltaic or pv and also bolometric results
Photodetectors have always paly the crucial role in the national economic situation and also national protection field. The sophisticated photodetectors demand for the greater performance in reaction price, broad spectrum, detectivity and also other special features like polarization detection as well as two-color detection.
Nov 3, 2020 // Technology, China, Asia, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jianlu Wang, State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, bolometer
Transparent Solar Cells That Could Unlock brand-new era of Personalised Energy
A group of scientists has actually successfully developed clear solar cells which they believe can take us in the direction of a brand-new period of customised power.
Nov 3, 2020 // Technology, solar cells, Asia, Korea, International, Innovation, Incheon National University, Joondong Kim
Solar cells of the future
Organic solar cells are less expensive to generate as well as more flexible than their counterparts made from crystalline silicon, yet do not supply the same level of effectiveness or stability. During his doctoral thesis, Andrej Classen, who is a young researcher at FAU, showed that boosts in performance can be achieved using bright acceptor particles.
Nov 2, 2020 // Technology, Germany, solar cells, Europe, efficiency, Christoph Brabec, Thomas Heumüller, Andrej Classen, i-MEET, FAU, Larry Lüer
sonnen batteries will be used in Stanford research project
Residential battery maker sonnen has actually established a research partnership with Stanford University's Sustainable Systems Lab (S3L) within the Department of Civil as well as Environmental Engineering to deploy sonnen's intelligent power storage space hardware and tons monitoring software application in 15 Fremont, California-area solar-powered residences and also in a commercial farming center in El Nido, California.
Nov 2, 2020 // Technology, Residential, Storage, USA, North America, Sonnen, Stanford, Blake Richetta
Hybrid photoactive perovskites imaged with atomic resolution for the new
A brand-new method has actually been developed permitting reliable atomic-resolution photos to be taken, for the first time, of hybrid photoactive perovskite slim films.- very beneficial materials for efficient photovoltaic and optoelectronic applications.
Nov 2, 2020 // Technology, UK, Europe, solar cell, perovskites, Mathias Uller Rothmann, University of Oxford, Chris Allen
United States utility-scale power storage designer GlidePath register for battery reusing partnership
US programmer GlidePath Power Solutions has actually signed up to use a full life-cycle monitoring platform for the batteries it uses, consisting of reusing as well as repurposing as it looks for to "solve the recycling and also re-use instance in advance, not down the track".
Oct 30, 2020 // Technology, Storage, USA, North America, GlidePath, Battery Recycling, Chris McKissack, Anne Foster
Ordered chaos: The key to next-generation solar technology
Scientists in Australia have actually dealt with a basic design difficulty in next-generation perovskite solar cells, bringing their widespread usage a step better
Oct 29, 2020 // Technology, Australia, solar cells, perovskite, Oceania, efficiency