Engineers are developing a way to streamline solar cell testing, speeding up a process that can be slow and expensive
In this new method, the scanning instrument (right) is used to measure the current and optical maps (bottom left) of ...
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Solar flares could cause faint auroras at the top of the northern hemisphere
This NASA-provided photo, taken by the Solar Dynamics Observatory, shows a solar flare, the bright flash in the center of ...
Scientists restore performance of quantum dot solar cells using short ligands to reduce surface defects
A schematic diagram of bilateral ligand binding on the surface of perovskite quantum dots. Credit: DGIST (Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of ...
Engineers develop solar lithium extraction from brine
The diagram illustrates the challenges of achieving stable lithium extraction using solar transpiration. There are three main difficulties: (i) on ...
Turbulent solar wind originates in the solar corona, study finds
(a) Average of the 298 coronal brightness images acquired by Metis between 10:15 and 20:16 UT on October 12, 2022. ...
New tandem solar cells break efficiency records; they could eventually speed up the way we get energy from the sun
Tandem solar cells have enormous potential. Credit: NREL The sight of rooftop solar panels and large energy farms has become ...
Study questions validity of standard model of solar flares
Temporal evolution of the fan-shaped flare observed at 171 Å by the SDO/AIA on 24 September 2014. (a) The initial ...
Belgian team wins South Africa’s ‘most extreme’ solar car race
Credit: Tembela Bohle from Pexels A team of Belgian students and engineers won a solar-powered car race in South Africa ...
In a step toward solar fuels, a sustainable artificial photosynthesis plant chains two carbons together
Schematic illustration of the in situ construction of the strongly coupled copper cluster and GaN NW/Si photocathode during CO PEC2RR ...
Transparent solar cells can provide energy directly from glass surfaces
Credit: Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology A technology that allows you to charge a battery directly from a ...
