The AZoCleantech.com "Clean Technology Thought Leaders" series is a selection of articles and interviews covering the key issues facing the world of clean technology, renewable energy, environmental science and climatology. All interviews are conducted with experts who have been invited as recognised leaders in their fields to provide a "state of the art" contribution.
In 1983, Professor Martin Green drew his first diagram of the passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC). Since then, solar panel technology has been revolutionized. In this interview, Professor Martin Green and Professor Andrew Blakers discuss their team's electricity-generating silicon solar cell invention and essential developments in the field, including a 40.6% solar cell module.
By Laura Thomson
28 Feb 2023
Ahead of the Greener Manufacturing Show in Cologne on the 9th and 10th of November 2022, AZoCleanTech spoke with Peter Sarno, event director of the show, about the push for sustainable industrial solutions.
AZoCleantech speaks to Dr. Melis Duyar from the University of Surrey about their contribution to clean technology research. Duyar has worked with her team to develop materials and processes to capture carbon dioxide, perform a chemical transformation of the captured carbon dioxide with hydrogen, and release the final product, methanol.
By Laura Thomson
26 Jul 2022
AZoCleantech speaks with Dr. Peng Wang from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology about his research into developing a self-sustained and solar-driven, integrated water-electricity-crop co-production system.
By Bethan Davies
7 Jul 2022
AZoCleantech speaks with Julian Hunt from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis about his research into a new hydropower technology.
By Bethan Davies
4 Jul 2022
Livia Cabernard from ETH Zurich recently spoke to AZoCleantech to highlight the impacts of plastics on our environment and how coal combustion is increasing this footprint across the world.
By Laura Thomson
21 Jun 2022
AZoCleantech speaks to Professor Lucelia Rodrigues from the University of Nottingham about the EV-elocity project which enables the use of energy in electric vehicle batteries to power homes. The project could help decarbonize the energy grid and reduce emissions from transport and electricity production.
By Laura Thomson
11 May 2022
AZoCleantech speaks to Professor Matthew Jones from the University of Bath about his team's innovative and plastic waste recycling that will make upcycling a more cost-effective technique. Jones describes his team's process and its importance in accelerating a circular economy worldwide.
By Laura Thomson
11 May 2022
Dr. Danny Coles speaks to AZoCleantech about tidal stream power and its potential to complement wind power by delivering predictable renewable energy.
By Laura Thomson
5 May 2022
AZoCleantech speaks with Fengqi You from Cornell University about his novel optimal PPE processing system that can convert waste PPE back into its original forms like petroleum and chemicals and further recycle it, potentially into fuels.
By Bethan Davies
27 Apr 2022