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Researchers Build Solar Cell Capable of Capturing Almost All Energy of Solar Spectrum

Researchers have designed and created a prototype for a new solar cell that incorporates many cells stacked into a single device capable of trapping almost all of the energy in the solar spectrum.

12 Jul 2017

Meniscus-Assisted Method to Create Very Efficient Perovskite PV Films

A new low-temperature solution printing method allows fabrication of high-efficiency perovskite solar cells with large crystals projected to reduce current-robbing grain boundaries. The meniscus-assisted solution printing (MASP) method increases power conversion efficiencies to approximately 20% by manipulating crystal size and orientation.

10 Jul 2017

Study Reveals Air Pollution Reduces Solar Energy Output

Air pollution and dust are cutting solar energy output globally. According to a new research, airborne particles and their accumulation on solar cells are decreasing energy output by more than 25% in some regions of the world.

27 Jun 2017

International Space Station to Test New Form of Roll-Out Solar Array

Traditional solar panels used to power satellites can be bulky with heavy panels folded together using mechanical hinges.

21 Jun 2017

New Semiconductor Alloy Could Help Advance Next-Generation Solar Cells

Researchers from the University of Michigan have created a new semiconductor alloy that can capture the near-infrared light located on the leading edge of the visible light spectrum.

16 Jun 2017

New Computational Framework for Identifying Defects in Nanoscale Structures

In order to gain an in-depth knowledge of a highly complex system, normally we have to analyze its smallest constituents. For instance, for a better understanding of the universe, we look for faint waves or gravitational waves of light from the Big Bang. Moreover, to understand the very nature of matter, we fragment it up to the subatomic level and apply computer simulations to analyze particles such as gluons and quarks.

9 Jun 2017

Novel Molybdenum-Coated Catalyst Enables Efficient Production of Hydrogen

Researchers at KAUST are developing a novel molybdenum-coated catalyst capable of splitting water in acidic electrolytes in an efficient manner. This new catalyst could help with efficient production of hydrogen.

7 Jun 2017

Students Design the NeighborHub with Solar Panels Installed on the Building's Façade

EPFL is taking part in the 2017 international Solar Decathlon competition by collaborating with the School of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourg, the Geneva School of Art and Design and the University of Fribourg.

5 Jun 2017

Chemical "Dance" of Cobalt Catalysis Could Provide Abundant Solar Energy for All

Scientists can use the unlimited energy of the sun to make a clean fuel by splitting a water molecule into two atoms of hydrogen and one of oxygen. For the very first time, in a new study from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory and Harvard University, scientists have been able to see a very important step in the water-splitting process, which is considered to be one step closer to providing abundant solar energy for all.

5 Jun 2017

A Comparative Study to Highlight Potential of Solar to Replace Coal

A Team of Researchers from Michigan Technological University have calculated the cost of combusting coal with regards to human lives together with the probable advantages of switching to solar.

2 Jun 2017