How best to power up solar: ease, efficiency or cost?
12 August 2019
Incumbent silicon photovoltaic players have powerful technologies with which to deliver clean energy – but perovskite solar start-ups think they can do better, finds Andy Extance
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Laser processing ups efficiency of optoelectronic devices
23 April 2019
Scientists have developed a laser processing technique capable of reducing defects in optical materials
The Great Pyramid of Giza can focus electromagnetic energy, study shows, which could enable new sensors and solar cells
8 August 2018
The research group plans to apply the findings to design nanoparticles capable of reproducing similar effects in the optical range
Imec leads project to boost Europe’s photovoltaics industry
26 April 2018
Imec, a research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics, energy and digital technologies based in Belgium, has become the coordinator of a three-year EU-funded project that gathers known leaders in the field of perovskite PV technology
New series production concept reduces cost of building-integrated solar modules
17 April 2018
The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) has developed two new customised production line concepts for manufacturing building-integrated photovoltaic modules in series production
Quantum dots pave way to efficient solar window technology
26 January 2018
Researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in Mexico are using layers of low-cost quantum dots to develop double-pane solar windows
Shining examples
9 March 2017
Companies and researchers are finding new ways of integrating solar
technology into urban environments, such as in windows and on roads.
Gemma Church reports
Clear future for solar power
25 September 2014
Jessica Rowbury reports on a transparent solar concentrator developed at Michigan State University that could lead the way to putting solar cells on windows or even smart phone screens
