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Improving Solar Cell Efficiency with Optical Concentrators

Nina Vaidya of Stanford University has designed a sophisticated device that can harvest and concentrate light efficiently, no matter what the angle and frequency of the light.

30 Jun 2022

Laser Photonics Launches CleanTech™ 3000-CTH Laser Cleaning

Laser Photonics Corp., a global leading industrial company in high-tech laser systems for laser cleaning, and other materials applications, today announces the launch of the CleanTech™ 3000-CTH laser cleaning system (3KW).

From Laser Photonics 6 May 2022

Scientists Find New Way to Overcome Perovskite Solar Cell Scalability Problems

Perovskites are hybrid materials made from metal halides and organic compounds. They have attracted a lot of interest in the field of solar energy because of their light-harvesting capacities combined with a low cost of manufacturing, making them prime candidates for overtake the market from their silicon counterparts.

22 Apr 2022

Breakthrough Invention Could Accelerate the Commercialization of Perovskite Photovoltaic Technology

A research team co-led by chemists from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) and Imperial College London (Imperial College) has developed new, highly efficient and stable perovskite solar cells.

22 Apr 2022

Researchers Take a Closer Look at Polymer Solar Cells in Operation

Solar cells will doubtless play a significant part in a sustainable energy future. Polymer solar cells (PSCs) specifically provide an excellent option because they are cheap to produce and can be both flexible and semitransparent.

22 Apr 2022

New Material Could Lead to the Development of Cheaper and Efficient Solar Cell Devices

New solar cell devices that are cheaper and easier to make could soon make their way to market thanks to materials made at Imperial College London.

22 Apr 2022

KAUST Researchers Shine Light on Perovskite Photophysics

A detailed view of how electrical charges behave inside perovskites could guide efforts to improve the performance of next-generation solar cells based on these materials, KAUST research has shown.

21 Apr 2022

New Machine Learning System Could Speed Up the Production of Advanced Solar Cells

Perovskites are a family of materials that are currently the leading contender to potentially replace today's silicon-based solar photovoltaics. They hold the promise of panels that are far thinner and lighter, that could be made with ultra-high throughput at room temperature instead of at hundreds of degrees, and that are cheaper and easier to transport and install.

18 Apr 2022

Researchers Develop a Tandem Solar Cell that Achieves Record Efficiency

A German research team has developed a tandem solar cell that reaches 24 per cent efficiency – measured according to the fraction of photons converted into electricity (i.e. electrons). This sets a new world record as the highest efficiency achieved so far with this combination of organic and perovskite-based absorbers.

15 Apr 2022

Implantable Mini Solar Cells for Nerve Stimulation

The technology enables completely new types of implants that can be used to stimulate nerve cells and was developed in a joint effort by researchers from Graz University of Technology (TU Graz), the Medical University of Graz (Med Uni Graz), the University of Zagreb and the Czech CEITEC. The basis of this technology involves colour pigments from the food industry, such as those used in organic solar cells.

8 Apr 2022

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