Gamechanging transparent solar cells found to generate power 1000x more efficiently
Solar panels often get a bad rap for spoiling the appearance of homes and businesses. Yet, this may be about to change.
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Joseph Shavit
Jan 15, 2023
Groundbreaking new solar panels are 1000x more powerful
Most solar cells are currently silicon based; however, their efficiency is limited. This has prompted researchers to examine new materials.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 20, 2022
Transparent solar cell innovation generates power 1000x more efficiently
Solar panels often get a bad rap for spoiling the appearance of homes and businesses. Yet, this may be about to change.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 16, 2022
Ultralight fabric solar cell can turn any surface into a power source
Researchers develop a scalable fabrication technique to produce ultrathin, lightweight solar cells that can be added to any surface.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 15, 2022
Groundbreaking solar panels are 1000x more powerful
The photovoltaic effect of ferroelectric crystals can be increased 1,000x if three different materials are arranged in a lattice.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 20, 2022
Breakthrough transparent solar cells found to generate power 1000x more efficiently
Solar panels often get a bad rap for spoiling the appearance of homes and businesses. Yet, this may be about to change.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 15, 2022
Groundbreaking new solar panels are 1000x more powerful
The result surprised even the research group: compared to pure barium titanate, the current flow was up to 1000 times stronger.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 6, 2022
Revolutionary solar harvesting system can generate power 24 hours a day
The great inventor Thomas Edison once said, “So long as the sun shines, man will be able to develop power in abundance."
Joseph Shavit
Oct 20, 2022
These 'almost invisible' solar cells can generate power 1000x more efficiently
Solar panels often get a bad rap for spoiling the appearance of homes and businesses. Yet, this may be about to change.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 19, 2022
Groundbreaking solar technology pulls drinking water from the air, 24 hours a day
Communities near the ocean can desalinate sea water, but doing so requires a large amount of energy and is achieved at great expense.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 15, 2022
Researchers generate 1000x more power from solar panels
Most solar cells are currently silicon based; however, their efficiency is limited. This has prompted researchers to examine new materials.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 6, 2022
New type of solar harvesting system can generate power 24 hours a day
Researchers developed a new type of solar energy harvesting system that breaks the efficiency record of all existing technologies.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 20, 2022
Groundbreaking transparent solar cells generate power 1000x more efficiently
Solar panels often get a bad rap for spoiling the appearance of homes and businesses. Yet, this may be about to change.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 15, 2022
Solar panel innovation generates 1000x more power
The photovoltaic effect of ferroelectric crystals can be increased 1,000x if three different materials are arranged in a lattice.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 7, 2022
Novel solar-powered greenhouses grow plants and generate power from the same light
Plants use light waves from only a portion of the spectrum for photosynthesis—the remainder can be recovered and used to make solar power.
Joseph Shavit
Aug 26, 2022
Sunlight harvesting material is 10,000x thinner than silicon solar cells
Researchers identified how controlling the arrangement of atoms in a green material can allow it to harvest sunlight using very thin layers.
Joseph Shavit
Aug 21, 2022
Near-invisible solar cells have a 1000x greater power conversion efficiency
Solar panels often get a bad rap for spoiling the appearance of homes and businesses. Yet, this may be about to change.
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