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We shine a light on the latest lenses, mirrors and other optical products for solar in 2023
Wireless power beaming will provide auxiliary power to small satellites in low Earth orbit. (Image: Space Power)
The technology will provide auxiliary power to small satellites in low orbit during their eclipse period – when they cannot see the sun
Researchers have designed a blueprint for a new laser system that can convert natural sunlight into a coherent laser beam. (Image: Shutterstock/Mrs.Moon)
Researchers have designed a blueprint for a new laser system that can convert natural sunlight into a coherent laser beam
Lasers in the Optoelectronics Lab. Credit: Akshay Rao
Researchers have used spectroscopy to identify a key mechanism responsible for the lower efficiencies of organic solar cells and shown a way that this hurdle might be overcome
The dual-sided solar cells achieve a front conversion efficiency of 24.3 per cent and a rear conversion efficiency of 23.4 per cent. (Image: Eric Byler/The Australian National University)
‘This is a world record for selectively laser-doped solar cells and among the highest efficiency bifacial solar cells’
The solar film is low-cost, light, easy to install and can be used off-grid
In this application note, Edinburgh Instruments utilises a Transient Absorption Spectrometer featuring dual detector options for direct kinetic and spectral measurements to Study a Molecular Triad’s Photoinduced Electron Transfer Reactions.
Optical coatings are helping to improve the efficiency of solar cells, finds David Stuart
The new buffer material reduces the pollution associated with producing cadmium sulfide (CdS) buffers, and is also less toxic – opening up a greater number of solar applications
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
Organoid imaged with Andor’s desktop confocal microscope system, the BC43. Credit: Andor
As microscopes become ever more powerful, a growing band of businesses are racing to make the latest technologies more accessible and more affordable, reports Rebecca Pool
Illustration of a three-dimensional crystal with various types of confining centres. (a) Crystal with four confining centres, each trapping waves (yellow) in all three dimensions simultaneously. (b) Crystal with a linear confining centre where waves can propagate in one dimension, analogous to an optical fibre. (c) Crystal with a planar confining centre where waves can propagate in two dimensions, analogous to a 2D electron gas. (Image: Vos et al.)
Newly discovered fundamental rules have been embedded into software to dramatically optimise the design of photonic integrated circuits
