Solar Technology & PV R&D News

Scientists have reported the highest possible efficiency tape-recorded for full roll-to-roll published perovskite solar cells, an advancement noting an essential step towards cheaper and a lot more reliable methods of generating solar energy.

A cell interconnection technique created by a Swedish firm assures lower-cost and also higher-throughput production of PERC and advanced silicon PV modules. The procedure is ready to move to pilot production, and its makers wish to play a role in the awaited European solar production renaissance.

University of Oulu forecasts boosted light collecting efficiency of Si-based photovoltaics.

The super-hydrophobic layer utilizing functional nanoparticles drives away dust deposition on the photovoltaic panels and cleans itself by the activity of water on the modules.

Energy storage space remains in high demand, to aid take care of an expanding proportion of renewable resource in worldwide electrical energy grids, to complimentary off-grid neighborhoods from the tyranny of diesel, and to make it possible for the aspirations of individuals not yet attached to a power supply. These 2 promising modern technologies have reached essential milestones ...

In the future, mobility needs to come to be more eco-friendly - whether artificial fuels from sustainable sources, electrical power or hydrogen, cutting-edge and also low-emission engines, unmanned as well as electric aircraft, or concepts for their assimilation into the air transport system. The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum hair Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) is establishing four new institutes as well as facilities to magnify its research on a large range of topics in these important areas. Funding is currently guaranteed adhering to the passing of the Structural Reinforcement Act (StStG) by the German Federal Parliament and the Federal Council on 3 July 2020.

Researchers led by MIT have suggested chitin, a carbon and also nitrogen-rich material made from waste shrimp coverings, might create sustainable electrodes for vanadium redox flow batteries as well as other energy storage innovations.

Solar cells based upon perovskite compounds might soon make electricity generation from sunlight even more efficient as well as more affordable. The laboratory effectiveness of these perovskite solar cells currently exceeds that of the widely known silicon solar cells. A worldwide team led by Stefan Weber from limit Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz has actually located tiny frameworks in perovskite crystals that can guide the charge transportation in the solar cell. Creative placement of these electron highways might make perovskite solar cells a lot more effective.

A group of researchers has designed a new lithium-based electrolyte, that they show can pave the way for the future generation of battery-powered EVs

A group of scientists, connected with UNIST has actually thought of a novel electrode that might substantially boost the security of perovskite solar cells (PSCs), one of the most promising prospect for the next generation solar cells because of their low cost and high power conversion effectiveness. This is due to the fact that putting a protection layer in between the metal-based electrode as well as the perovskite movie can stop metal-induced deterioration and that graphene, thus a layer, can effectively subdue the diffusion of steels and also halide ions.

A brand-new mathematical model for anticipating variations in solar irradiance has actually been established at Uppsala University. It might assist to promote extra effective use electrical energy from solar energy. In examinations of numerous data models, the model confirmed with the ability of making highly reputable forecasts, and also emerged as the very best for this purpose in some areas. The results have actually now been published in two write-ups in the journal Solar Energy.

Solar energy researchers at Oregon State University are shining their scientific limelight on materials with a crystal framework found nearly two centuries earlier.

Commercialized thin-film photovoltaic panels on the market include rare-earth elements like indium and gallium, or very toxic steels like cadmium. Both of these thin-film photovoltaic panel types have their own problems, such as high-cost and issues in operation in living places.

When you consider photovoltaic panels, the instant photo that enters your mind is the typical blue-black panel that covers many a rooftop. In fact, many locate it odd, probably even paradoxical, that a things implied to harness power from the brilliant sunlight, comes with such a dark shape. This is by design, as the nearly-opaque panels are able to trap the optimum amount of sunshine, as well as hence generate solar energy with a higher price of performance (balancing 15%).

A German study group is attempting to determine whether the mix of solar as well as storage with straight combining as well as without the help of optimal power point tracking (MPPT) electronics is possible. According to its findings, this particular configuration may be reliable, yet it will likely require special panels and batteries.