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All-perovskite tandem solar cells with 24.8% efficiency

09.10.2019 | Tech Xplore | www.techxplore.com

A team of researchers at Nanjing University in China and the University of Toronto in Canada have recently fabricated all-perovskite tandem solar cells (PSCs), a type of solar cell with a key…

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All-perovskite tandem solar cells with 24.8% efficiency

Even short-lived solar panels can be economically viable

23.09.2019 | MIT | www.mit.edu

A new study shows that, contrary to widespread belief within the solar power industry, new kinds of solar cells and panels don’t necessarily have to last for 25 to 30 years in order to be…

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Even short-lived solar panels can be economically viable

‘Nanochains’ could increase battery capacity, cut charging time

20.09.2019 | Purdue University | www.purdue.edu

How long the battery of your phone or computer lasts depends on how many lithium ions can be stored in the battery’s negative electrode material. If the battery runs out of these ions, it can’t…

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‘Nanochains’ could increase battery capacity, cut charging time

Europe has the untapped onshore capacity to meet global energy demand

14.08.2019 | University of Sussex | www.sussex.ac.uk

Europe has the capacity to produce more than 100 times the amount of energy it currently produces through onshore windfarms, new analysis from the University of Sussex and Aarhus University has…

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Europe has the untapped onshore capacity to meet global energy demand

Installing solar panels on agricultural lands maximizes their efficiency

09.08.2019 | Oregon State University | oregonstate.edu

The most productive places on Earth for solar power are farmlands, according to an Oregon State University study.

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Installing solar panels on agricultural lands maximizes their efficiency

Toyota starts testing high-efficiency solar cells for electric cars

08.07.2019 | Electrek | www.electrek.co

Toyota announced that it is starting to test new high-efficiency solar cells to be used on electric cars that could potentially boost the range by 35 miles (56 km) of range per day.

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Toyota starts testing high-efficiency solar cells for electric cars

Getting more heat out of sunlight

03.07.2019 | MIT | www.mit.edu

A newly developed material that is so perfectly transparent you can barely see it could unlock many new uses for solar heat. It generates much higher temperatures than conventional solar collectors…

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New Additives Promise Better Performance for Electric Cars in Cold Weather

28.06.2019 | IEEE Spectrum | spectrum.ieee.org

Electric cars struggle with extreme temperatures, which can degrade the electrolyte solutions that conduct ions between the negative electrodes, or anodes, and positive electrodes, or cathodes,…

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New Additives Promise Better Performance for Electric Cars in Cold Weather

Next-gen solar cells spin in new direction

24.06.2019 | Flinders University | www.flinders.edu.au

A new nanomaterial made from phosphorus, known as phosphorene, is shaping up as a key ingredient for more sustainable and efficient next-generation perovskite solar cells (PSCs).

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Next-gen solar cells spin in new direction

‘Hot spots’ increase efficiency of solar desalination

19.06.2019 | Rice University | www.rice.edu

Researchers in Rice’s Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) showed they could boost the efficiency of their solar-powered desalination system by more than 50% simply by adding inexpensive plastic…

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