Solar cells

Developing machine learning tools to design better solar cells quickly and cheaply

The broader goal is to demonstrate that machine learning can help rapidly design all kinds of technologies.

A better way to harness the power of solar panels

A better approach to controlling the hardware that already exists.

Solar energy turns into biofuel without solar cells

It seems like soon we will be able to replace fossil fuels with a carbo-neutral product created from solar energy, carbon dioxide, and water. Cyanobacteria,...

Tiny RoboBee X-Wing uses solar power to achieve untethered flight

Researchers at the Harvard Microrobotics Lab have developed the insect-inspired microrobot called the RoboBee X-Wing - the latest version of their astonishing RoboBee. The...

New solar technology aims to be the future of renewable energy

Innovative creation could also make solar power more efficient.

Optimizing stability of low-Cost, large-area solar modules

Third-generation solar cells effectively convert sunlight into usable power and cost less vitality to make than conventional silicon cells. Perovskite Solar Cells (PSCs), specifically,...

New class of solar cells, using lead-free perovskites material

Lead-based perovskites are quite promising in applications of large-scale photovoltaic technology. However, toxicity is one of the crucial issues in these materials. In the search for Lead-free perovskite,...

Scientists developed an innovative dye-sensitized solar cell

Sun is one of the most important ‘green’ energy source available in abundant in the form of sunlight. The sunlight can be transformed into electricity using...

High performance nitride semiconductor for eco-friendly photovoltaics

A Tokyo Institute of Technology explore group has indicated copper nitride goes about as an n-type semiconductor, with p-type conduction gave by fluorine doping,...

Slow ‘hot electrons’ could make solar cell more efficient

Photons with higher energy than the 'band hole' of the semiconductor retaining them offer ascent to what is known as hot electrons. The additional...

Advanced multi-junction solar cells with high efficiency

Specialists at the Air Force Research Laboratory keep on expanding the extent of their mechanical mastery, transcending the Earth's surface to meet the power...

New Technique Allows Rapid Screening for New Types of Solar Cells

The overall mission by scientists to discover better, more proficient materials for tomorrow's sun based boards is normally moderate and meticulous. Scientists regularly should...

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