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Lasers etch a ‘perfect’ solar energy absorber

05.02.2020 | University of Rochester | www.rochester.edu

The University of Rochester research lab that recently used lasers to create unsinkable metallic structures has now demonstrated how the same technology could be used to create highly efficient solar…

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Lasers etch a ‘perfect’ solar energy absorber

Anti-Solar Cells: A Photovoltaic Cell That Works at Night

03.02.2020 | UC Davis | www.ucdavis.com

What if solar cells worked at night? That’s no joke, according to Jeremy Munday, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UC Davis. In fact, a specially designed…

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Anti-Solar Cells: A Photovoltaic Cell That Works at Night

Rolls-Royce Plans ‘Mini’ Nuclear Power Plants By 2029 Delivered In Chunks Via Trucks

27.01.2020 | Forbes | www.forbes.com

'Mini' nuclear reactors delivered in prefabricated chunks on the back of trucks and assembled cost effectively onsite could become a reality by 2029, according to Rolls-Royce.

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Rolls-Royce Plans ‘Mini’ Nuclear Power Plants By 2029 Delivered In Chunks Via Trucks

Fewer propellors mean more battery-life for the Falcon bicopter drone

10.01.2020 | The Verge | www.theverge.com

When are two propellors better than four? When they give your drone extra battery life, greater portability, and reduce noise, claims Zero Zero Robotics. That’s the pitch for the company’s V-Coptr…

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Fewer propellors mean more battery-life for the Falcon bicopter drone

Australia first to test new lithium batteries

06.01.2020 | Monash University | www.monash.edu

Imagine having access to a battery, which has the potential to power your phone for five continuous days, or enable an electric vehicle to drive more than 1000km without needing to 'refuel'.

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Australia first to test new lithium batteries

New Aqueous Lithium-Ion Battery Improves Safety Without Sacrificing Performance

20.12.2019 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | www.rpi.edu

As the lithium-ion batteries that power most phones, laptops, and electric vehicles become increasingly fast-charging and high-performing, they also grow increasingly expensive and flammable.

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New Aqueous Lithium-Ion Battery Improves Safety Without Sacrificing Performance

New material points toward highly efficient solar cells

13.11.2019 | Purdue University | www.purdue.edu

A new type of material for next-generation solar cells eliminates the need to use lead, which has been a major roadblock for this technology.

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New material points toward highly efficient solar cells

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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