Popular NREL Cell Efficiency Chart Now Better Presents Tandem Photovoltaics

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 04 May 2024 00:23:58 +0000

NREL Photovoltaics Researchers Create a New Version of the Iconic Chart That Tracks World-Record PV Cells Across Many Technologies and Time The Best Research-Cell Efficiency Chart is one of the most-visited pages on the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL’s) website. It makes frequent appearances in presentations at photovoltaic (PV) research conferences, tracking … [continued]

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Light, Flexible, Efficient Perovskite-Based Tandem Solar Cells

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 03 May 2024 00:55:26 +0000

All-perovskite tandem solar cells could soon pick up where silicon solar cells reach their limits. These highly efficient, lightweight, and flexible cells have already proven themselves in the laboratory — now, Empa researchers are working on scaling them up and making them ready for the real world. Roof tiles are … [continued]

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Army Of Pickup Trucks To Ding Diesel And Gas With New Solar Panels

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2024 15:11:52 +0000

The Canadian firm Worksport is on track to send solar panels flying onto millions of pickup trucks, electric or not, in the form of tonneau covers.

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Strange Goop Resolves Sticky Perovskite Solar Cell Problems

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 29 May 2023 15:35:05 +0000

perovskite solar cells xlynx iea investingThe Canadian startup XlynX aims to improve perovskite solar cells with a new advanced adhesive.

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New Perovskite Solar Cells: How Low (And How Fast) Can Solar Go?

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 23 May 2023 02:08:51 +0000

The long wait for low-cost, high-performance perovskite solar cells is coming to a close. Now the fun begins.

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First Solar Buys Evolar

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 18 May 2023 03:50:46 +0000

First Solar has been around for, well, what seems like forever. It was founded in 1999, well before the solar boom took off and solar power became big business. Back then, there were all kinds of claims about how little solar power could ever contribute to the electricity supply. It was seen by many as […]

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7 Solar Stories You Should See: Largest Solar PPA in South America, 2-Gigawatt First Solar Order …

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 17 May 2023 03:03:27 +0000

There are hundreds of solar power news stories a day. We can’t cover the vast majority of them. Below are a few top solar power stories that we didn’t quite cover but thought shouldn’t be missed. Enjoy. Largest solar PPA in South America The longest term and largest solar PPA (power purchase agreement) was recently […]

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Perovskite-Based Thermochromic Windows Reduce Energy Load & Carbon Emission in Buildings

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2023 04:40:48 +0000

NREL Calculates and Fabricates Perovskite-Based Technology With Ideal Transition Temperatures for Building Energy Savings The use of thermochromic windows in office buildings improves energy efficiency across all climate zones in the United States by modulating the temperature inside, leading to a massive savings, according to a research effort led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s […]

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New Method Addresses Problem With Perovskite Solar Cells

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2022 14:54:12 +0000

NREL Researchers Provide Growth Approach That Boosts Efficiency, Stability A new approach to manufacturing perovskite solar cells has addressed previous problems and yielded devices with high efficiency and excellent stability, researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) report in the new issue of the journal Science. Developing highly stable and efficient perovskites based on a […]

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NREL-Led Breakthrough Pushes Perovskite Solar Cell to Greater Stability & Efficiency

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2022 08:01:48 +0000

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) made a technological breakthrough and constructed a perovskite solar cell with the dual benefits of being both highly efficient and highly stable. The work was done in collaboration with scientists from the University of Toledo, the University of Colorado–Boulder, and the University […]

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