by admin | Oct 27, 2015 | Industry
October 9, 2015 A group of researchers at Uppsala University has discovered a “zombie solar cell” that continues to generate electricity with unexpected effectiveness although the liquid transferring charges between the electrodes has dried out. The...
by admin | Oct 19, 2015 | Industry
October 7, 2015 On a typical early fall morning in Golden, Colorado, the temperature outside was about 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Tucked inside a unique structure at the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), two volunteers felt...
by admin | Oct 13, 2015 | Industry
Sep 21, 2015 | By Kira Spanish tech company Oxolutia has developed Solar Oxides, flexible photovoltaic solar cells that can be manufactured by 3D printing. Using conductive oxides, a non-toxic, stable, and low-cost material found abundantly in nature, the cells open...
by admin | Oct 5, 2015 | Industry
The hotter solar cells become, the less efficient they are at converting sunlight to electricity, a problem that has long vexed the solar industry. Now, Stanford engineers have developed a transparent overlay that increases efficiency by cooling the cells even in full...
