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Doped Photovoltaics

Organic solar cells are made of cheap and abundant materials, but their efficiency and stability still lag behind those of silicon-based solar cells.

20 Aug 2019

Monumental 100.1-MWp Solar Plant Employs Sungrow’s Inverter Solutions

Sungrow, the global pioneer in providing inverter solution for renewables, has reported that a solar plant of 100.1 MWp employing its 1500 Vdc central inverter solutions started operations in Cafayate, Salta Province, Argentina.

19 Aug 2019

Solar Power and Agriculture Could Jointly Produce Reliable Electricity

A new study by scientists at Oregon State University (OSU) has shown that farmlands are the most productive places on Earth for solar energy.

12 Aug 2019

Researchers Quantify Cost Targets for Storage of Renewable Energy

Energy storage cost will be crucial in estimating how much renewable energy could help in decarbonizing electricity. However, to what extent should energy storage costs decrease?

8 Aug 2019

Scientists Use Past Nuclear Research on Salts to Develop Promising Solar Technology

Solar power and nuclear power may appear to be extremely different energy sources. Nuclear power originates from the energy discharged when neutrons crash into uranium atoms, splitting them apart.

7 Aug 2019

Innovative Solar-Powered Route to Production of Hydrogen Fuel

Engineers at Lehigh University are the first to apply a single enzyme biomineralization process to develop a catalyst that uses the energy of trapped sunlight to divide water molecules to create hydrogen.

5 Aug 2019

‘Deforming’ Solar Cells Could be Clue to Improved Efficiency

Solar cells and light sensing technologies could be made more efficient by taking advantage of an unusual property due to deformations and defects in their structures.

2 Aug 2019

Covestro Sponsors Sonnenwagen Team of Students for Innovation in Solar Mobility

Covestro extends its support to the Sonnenwagen team of students from RWTH Aachen University and FH Aachen, who are developing an electric car powered by solar energy to compete in the world's toughest solar car race – the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge 2019.

From Covestro AG 2 Aug 2019

Study Shows Shade from Solar Panels Benefits Agriculture Significantly

Farmers struggle to match production demands due to the progressively stressful climate. In other cases, producers of renewable energy struggle to deal with intense heat and weather.

30 Jul 2019

Integration of Solar-Induced CO2 Reduction with Oxidative Organic Synthesis

A new model that can integrate CO2 photoreduction with oxidative organic synthesis to generate both value-added chemicals and solar fuels at the same time has been designed by scientists from the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry (TIPC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

29 Jul 2019