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Team Extracts More Energy from Sunlight With Advanced Solar Panels

Oct. 6, 2020 — Researchers working to maximize solar panel efficiency said layering advanced materials atop traditional silicon is a promising path to eke more energy out of sunlight. A new study shows that by ...

Chemical Innovation Stabilizes Best-Performing Perovskite Formulation

Oct. 1, 2020 — Researchers have successfully overcome a limiting problem with stabilizing the best-performing formulation of metal-halide perovskite films, a key player in a range of applications, including solar ...

Untapped Potential Exists for Blending Hydropower, Floating Solar Panels

Sep. 29, 2020 — Hybrid systems of floating solar panels and hydropower plants may hold the technical potential to produce a significant portion of the electricity generated annually across the globe, according to a ...

Mirror-Like Photovoltaics Get More Electricity out of Heat

Sep. 21, 2020 — New heat-harnessing 'solar' cells that reflect 99% of the energy they can't convert to electricity could help bring down the price of storing renewable energy as heat, as well as harvesting waste ...

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Blocking Vibrations That Remove Heat Could Boost Efficiency of Next-Gen Solar Cells

Oct. 5, 2020 — A study of a solar-energy material with a bright future revealed a way to slow phonons, the waves that transport heat. The discovery could improve ...

Air Pollution Leads to Increase in Electricity Usage

Sep. 24, 2020 — High levels of air pollution are forcing people inside to consume more electricity, subsequently causing even greater environmental problems by increasing greenhouse gas ...

Highly Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells With Enhanced Stability and Minimized Lead Leakage

Sep. 21, 2020 — While the power conversion efficiency of perovskite solar cells (PVSCs) has already greatly improved in the past decade, the problems of instability ...

NASA's IRIS Spots Nanojets: Shining Light on Heating the Solar Corona

Sep. 21, 2020 — Researchers report the first ever clear images of nanojets -- bright thin lights that travel perpendicular to the magnetic structures in the solar atmosphere, called the corona -- in a process that ...

Researcher Analyzes the Use of Solar Energy at US Airports

Sep. 21, 2020 — By studying 488 public airports in the United States, researchers found that 20% of them have adopted solar photovoltaic (PV), commonly known as solar panels, over the last ...

Theoretically, Two Layers Are Better Than One for Solar-Cell Efficiency

Sep. 15, 2020 — Solar cells have come a long way, but inexpensive, thin film solar cells are still far behind more expensive, crystalline solar cells in efficiency. Now, a team of researchers suggests that using two ...

California Offshore Winds Show Promise as Power Source

Sep. 8, 2020 — One of the challenges of moving toward fully renewable energy in California by 2045 is matching production to demand. Consumer demand peaks in the evening when solar energy is no longer available. ...

Battery-Free Game Boy Runs Forever

Sep. 3, 2020 — Researchers develop first-ever battery-free, energy-harvesting, interactive device. And it looks and feels like a retro 8-bit Nintendo Game ...

New Understanding of Electrolyte Additives Will Improve Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Sep. 3, 2020 — Dye-sensitised solar cells could perform better thanks to improved understanding of additives in optimizing electrolytes. Researchers have determined ...

Molecule to Store Solar Energy Developed

Aug. 31, 2020 — Researchers have developed a molecule that absorbs energy from sunlight and stores it in chemical bonds. A possible long-term use of the molecule is to capture solar energy efficiently and store it ...