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External Pressure Found to Degrade Performance of Solar Cells

A team, led by Dr. Jung-hoon Lee of the Computational Science Research Center of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology, recently collaborated with a team, led by Professor Jeffrey B. Neaton from the UC Berkeley Department of Physics, to develop a theoretical explanation for the structural changes and metallization that take place when hybrid Perovskite solar cells are exposed to external pressure.

14 Jul 2020

Silicon Solar Cells Combined with Advanced Materials to Create Solar Flow Battery

Chemists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and their collaborators have created a highly efficient and long-lasting solar flow battery, a way to generate, store and redeliver renewable electricity from the sun in one device.

14 Jul 2020

Roll-to-Roll Printing Method for More Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells

A new study reports the highest efficiency ever recorded for full roll-to-roll printed perovskite solar cells, marking a key step on the way to cheaper and more efficient ways of generating solar energy.

9 Jul 2020

Utility-Scale Photovoltaics Degrade at Slower Rate than Older Ones

Utility-scale photovoltaics, ground-mounted projects larger than 5 megawatts of alternating current, are the largest sector of the overall solar market within the U.S. and the fastest-growing form of renewable power generation.

8 Jul 2020

Ancient Crystal Structure Can Improve Longevity of Perovskite Solar Cells

Solar energy researchers at Oregon State University are shining their scientific spotlight on materials with a crystal structure discovered nearly two centuries ago.

3 Jul 2020

New Visible Light-Activated Membranes Efficiently Utilize Solar Energy

Researchers from the Institute of Process Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Argonne National Laboratory in the U.S. have recently employed atomic layer deposition to fabricate visible light-activated membranes that efficiently utilize solar energy.

1 Jul 2020

Novel Double Perovskites Could Help Advance Clean-Energy Applications

High-pressure materials science has taken off over the last couple of decades with advances in previously difficult experimental techniques and from technologies such as diamond anvils, which squeeze samples of materials between two diamonds at pressures up to millions of times greater than that at the Earth's surface.

1 Jul 2020

Innovative Electrodes can Help Create Cheaper Solar Cells and Touchscreens

Australian researchers have demonstrated the strong potential for a new type of flexible, recyclable electrodes to be used in creating cheaper solar cells, touchscreens, wearable 'e-skins' and next-generation responsive windows.

11 Jun 2020

New Technique Helps Create Complex Perovskite Solar Cell Designs

Perovskites are a potential alternative to the silicon used for making a majority of the present-day solar cells. But despite this fact, novel manufacturing processes are required to make them viable for commercial production.

4 Jun 2020

New Deposition Method Offers Viable Pathway to Miniaturize Optical Devices

Smart phones, tablets and laptop displays, camera lenses, biosensing devices, integrated chips and solar photovoltaic cells are among the applications that could stand to benefit from an innovative method of nanocrystal assembly pioneered by Australian scientists.

4 Jun 2020