A way to recover money from old solar panels with 98% efficiency
Credit: Environmental technology and innovation (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.eti.2024.103803 A multi-institutional team of chemists, metallurgists and engineers has developed a highly ...
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Scientists demonstrate that excitonic interactions improve the efficiency of entangled photon generation
The figure illustrates the generation of entangled photon pairs by spontaneous parametric conversion (SPDC). In this process, the photons of ...
Leaf-shaped solar concentrators promise major improvement in solar efficiency
A maple leaf-shaped luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) could improve light collection and transfer to photovoltaic (PV) cells. Researchers evaluated the ...
Scientists manage to remove nanoplastics from water with an efficiency greater than 98%
Once mixed with water and allowed to separate, the solvent rises to the surface, carrying the nanoplastics into its molecular ...
Physicists develop new solar cell design for greater efficiency
Schematic showing part of a silicon solar cell sensitized to singlet fission. Absorption of a high energy photon by the ...
Using thermotropic liquid crystals to improve the efficiency and stability of perovskite solar modules
Credit: Yang et al. Solar and photovoltaic (PV) panels are becoming more widespread, contributing to ongoing efforts to decarbonize electricity ...
A cubic III nitride active layer with an internal quantum efficiency of 32%
Green LED light. Credit: The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Color mixing is the ...
Core-shell “chemical loop” boosts efficiency of greener approach to ethylene production
Probe of the evolution of OH radicals. A Summary of possible reaction product of H2O + O22−; b, vs: Average ...
Reuse plastic waste to trigger radical chain reactions, improving process safety and efficiency
(Top) General diagram of how mechanical force is used to trigger a radical chain reaction. (Bottom) Shreds from a grocery ...
New “nip” perovskite/organic hybrid tandem solar cells with an efficiency greater than 23%
Design of modified normal "pinch" configuration for 2T hybrid monolithic tandem solar cell devices typically free of complex processes such ...
