Nanostructured Photonic Materials Cool Buildings With Solar Power
An innovative technology by engineers at Stanford functions like an air-conditioning system, but it is made of nanostructured photonic materials. The so-called "passive solar...
Tree-Inspired Solar Panels That Do Not Require Disposal
The latest technology in the field of solar energy generation is a water soluble panel, which does not require disposal after its operational time...
Recyclable Organic Solar Cell Hits New Efficiency Record at 2.7%
Photovoltaic organic solar cells have the potential to be truly green, but often their manufacturing processes are not so green.
Petroleum- and silicon-based solar cells...
Solar Power Conversion Efficiency Limits Broken, Nanowires Win
With the development of nanotechnology, researchers using nanowires in solar cells are finding that solar cell efficiency limits may be higher than they previously...
Thin-Film Solar Reappearing On The Energy Market
The hope for thin-film solar has not been completely lost as the start-up Solexant is looking to raise more funds for the technology.
Initially considered...
New Nanomaterial Purifies Water, Produces Energy And Improves Lithium-Ion Batteries
Generating hydrogen, producing and desalinating water and creating energy are just some of the properties of a brand new nanomaterial, developed by scientists at...
Uganda Gets Solar Powered Cell Phones at Price of an SMS
The importance of cell phones in many rural areas in Africa is increasing with more and more people starting to rely heavily on them....
Shams 1: World’s Largest CSP Operates in The Middle East
The world's biggest concentrated solar power plant has gone online in the United Arab Emirates yesterday. 'Shams 1' was designed and developed by Shams Power Company,...
2012 Best Year for US Solar Power, Linked to Inexpensive Panels
Last year was an all-time high for US solar power, placing highest globally for the first time.
In the last few years, the US market...
BioSolar’s Solar Panel Backsheet Made With Bio-Oil, Not Petroleum
Typically, manufacturers apply a protective backsheet made of plastic, but BioSolar's solar panel bio-oil backsheet has no petroleum component.
The semiconductor photovoltaic solar panel needs...
