A unique solar panel design made with a new ceramic material points the way to potentially providing sustainable power cheaper, more efficiently, and requiring less manufacturing time. It also reaches a four-decade-old goal ...
Materials Science
Dec 11, 2013
13
0
Solar cells offer the opportunity to harvest abundant, renewable energy. Although the highest energy light occurs in the ultraviolet and visible spectrum, most solar energy is in the infrared. There is a trade-off in harvesting ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 17, 2013
0
0
Making lighting greener is no easy feat, but researchers in Europe are showing the way forward.
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 14, 2013
0
0
Using inexpensive materials configured and tuned to capture microwave signals, researchers at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering have designed a power-harvesting device with efficiency similar to that of modern ...
General Physics
Nov 7, 2013
14
1
(Phys.org) —Playing pop and rock music improves the performance of solar cells, according to new research from scientists at Queen Mary University of London and Imperial College London.
Nanophysics
Nov 6, 2013
3
0
Swiss scientists have developed a new technique for manufacturing high-efficiency, flexible, thin film solar cells from CIGS (copper indium gallium di-selenide) semiconductors. This has enabled them to achieve an efficiency ...
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 5, 2013
1
0
With climate change threatening and worldwide CO2 emission levels higher than ever, the need for renewable energy technologies is now critical. But for widespread market acceptance, these new technologies have to be cheap, ...
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 4, 2013
0
0
To maximise the efficiency of solar cells of the future, physicists are taking a leaf out of nature's book.
Biochemistry
Oct 25, 2013
0
0
Imagine buildings in which the windows allow the sun's light to enter, and at the same time capture the energy from the sun needed to meet all their energy needs. In this seemingly futuristic scenario, the windows become ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 21, 2013
0
0
(Phys.org) —North Carolina State University researchers have come up with a new technique for improving the connections between stacked solar cells, which should improve the overall efficiency of solar energy devices and ...
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 6, 2013
20
0
