Research team develops world’s most efficient quantum dot solar cells
Photovoltaic performance and surface characteristics of PQD layers by different ligand exchange methods. Credit: Natural energy (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41560-024-01450-9 A ...
Tag: solar
Solar panels soon on the Pentagon
The Pentagon, the largest administrative building in the world, will soon be equipped with solar panels, the US Department of ...
Insect populations thrive in restored habitats of solar energy installations
A sun pollinator habitat, dominated by prairie purple clover and black-eyed susan flowering plants. Credit: Argonne National Laboratory/Lee Walston Bumblebees ...
Bulky additives could extend the life of cheaper solar cells
Perovskite solar cells like this one, made by Xiwen Gong's group, could make solar energy cheaper and more environmentally friendly, ...
Scientists unveil affordable solar cell project to power Saudi Arabia and beyond
A perovskite/silicon tandem solar cell. Credit: 2024 KAUST Scientists have unveiled a roadmap to commercialize perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells, paving ...
How black silicon, a prized material used in solar cells, gets its dark, rough side
The fluorine gas etches the surface of the silicon into a series of angular peaks that, when viewed with a ...
Future gigantic solar farms could impact the amount of solar power that can be produced elsewhere in the world
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public domain The sun's energy is effectively unlimited. Although resources such as coal or gas are limited, if ...
Researchers find they can stop the degradation of promising solar cell materials
An illustration of metal halide perovskites. They are a promising material for transforming light into energy because they are very ...
A major solar flare captured by NASA, the largest since 2017
The largest solar flare in six years occurred Thursday, causing some interruptions in radio communications on Earth for about two ...
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 ...
