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Carbon Dioxide and Sunlight Converted into Fuel with Innovative Solar Cell

A new, innovative solar cell that can convert carbon dioxide from the atmosphere into usable hydrocarbon fuel has been developed by scientists at the University of Illinois, Chicago. The efficient and affordable solar cell uses only solar energy for the conversion.

3 Aug 2016

UbiQD Receives SBIR Phase I Grant for R&D of Solar Energy Technology

UbiQD, LLC, a New Mexico-based quantum dot manufacturer, has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grant by the National Science Foundation.

2 Aug 2016

OU Team Developing Novel Technologies to Produce High-Efficiency Solar Cells

Physicists from the University of Oklahoma (OU) are now working to develop novel systems to potentially influence the production of utility-scale energy, minimize dependence on fossil fuels and maximize global energy capacity by building next-generation, high-efficiency solar cells.

29 Jul 2016

Water Increases Perovskite Solar Cell Performance

Perovskite solar cells are becoming major players in the field of photovoltaics. The efficiency of these cells has increased to more than twice of their initial levels in less than a decade.

28 Jul 2016

TPV Could Offer New Pathway for Efficiently Producing Electrical Power from Solar Thermal Sources

A new wrinkle on an old technology – solid-state thermophotovoltaics (TPV) – could provide a high-efficiency alternative for directly converting high-temperature heat from concentrated solar thermal to utility-scale electricity.

28 Jul 2016

Researchers Use Solar Cells to Print Energy-Producing Photographs

Solar cells have been manufactured already for a long from inexpensive materials with different printing techniques. Especially organic solar cells and dye-sensitized solar cells are suitable for printing.

27 Jul 2016

ZON's Powersol Harnesses Solar Energy to Conveniently and Sustainably Charge Mobile Devices

ZON's Powersol has revolutionized the way people charge mobile devices by integrating its innovative technology with an everyday object used around the world – a commercial patio umbrella.

22 Jul 2016

U-Michigan Solar Car Team Hopes to Achieve Sixth Consecutive Victory in American Solar Challenge

On a route through some of the nation's most wild and scenic places, the University of Michigan Solar Car Team hopes to bring back its sixth consecutive victory in the American Solar Challenge.

21 Jul 2016

MIT Researchers Design Affordable Solar-Powered Desalination System for Rural India

In a rural town in India, Shehazvi takes her daughter to see to a doctor for stomach pains. The reason for the pains is salty drinking water. She has to spend 200 rupees every time she needs to take her daughter to the doctor.

19 Jul 2016

Energy Conversion Efficiency Exceeding 18% Achieved Using Standard Size Perovskite Solar Cells

A research group led by Liyuan Han, a leader of the Photovoltaic Materials Group, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), achieved energy conversion efficiency exceeding 18% using standard size (1 cm2) perovskite solar cells for the first time in the world.

15 Jul 2016