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Researchers Use Bacteria-Powered Solar Panel to Generate Clean Energy

A team of researchers from Binghamton University have successfully connected nine bio-solar cells into a bio-solar panel for the first time ever, facilitating the next step in the development of bacteria-powered energy.

12 Apr 2016

Researchers Aim to Develop Battery and Solar Cell Hybrid from Two Single Systems

In the FFG project SolaBat, TU Graz is entering almost new research territory. Photovoltaic cells are to be combined into one device with electrochemical energy storage systems.

1 Apr 2016

EPFL Scientists Achieve Record-Level Reproducibility for Perovskite Solar Cells

EPFL scientists achieve the highest yet reproducibility for perovskite solar cells combined with a boundary-pushing 21.1% efficiency at normal operating conditions.

18 Mar 2016

Novel ORNL Technique Paves Way for Improving Solar Cell Performance

Measurement and data analysis techniques developed at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory could provide new insight into performance-robbing flaws in crystalline structures, ultimately improving the performance of solar cells.

16 Mar 2016

CPI, Merck and Polysolar to Develop Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Windows

The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) is part of a consortium which is developing building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) devices that will enable windows of the future to not only generate their own solar power but also provide greater thermal control.

15 Mar 2016

NASA Selects Four Proposals to Develop Advanced Solar Technologies for Deep-Space Exploration

As part of its Game Changing Development (GCD) program, NASA has chosen four proposals to build next-generation solar array technologies for deep space missions. The aim of the program is to develop solar arrays that will help spacecraft to explore space destinations that lie outside of the low-Earth orbit.

15 Mar 2016

New Ion-Driven Thermoelectric Supercapacitor Stores Heat as Electricity

A team of scientists at LiU’s Laboratory for Organic Electronics have produced an innovative supercapacitor that can be charged by solar energy. This patent-pending supercapacitor does not include any toxic or costly materials, and can be mass-produced on an industrial scale.

15 Mar 2016

Toshiba’s H2One Hydrogen Energy System Enters Operation in Phase-2 Building of Henn na Hotel

Toshiba Corporation today announced that H2OneTM, Toshiba’s hydrogen based autonomous energy supply system, which integrates renewable energy generation and uses hydrogen as a fuel for power generation, has entered operation in the Phase-2 building of the Henn na Hotel, at the Huis Ten Bosch theme park in Nagasaki, Kyushu.

14 Mar 2016

Physicists Aim to Develop Novel Types of Photovoltaic Cell

Physicists at the University of Salford, along with twelve international partners, have launched a research project that aims to develop novel types of photovoltaic (PV) cell.

3 Mar 2016

Patented Breakthrough by Technion Researchers Improves Efficiency of Organic Photovoltaic Cells by 50%

A patented breakthrough by researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology improves the efficiency of organic photovoltaic cells by 50 percent, and could someday provide a huge boost for the viability of solar power as a major source of energy. The researchers recently published their findings in the Journal of Applied Physics.

22 Feb 2016