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Renewable energy, new perspectives for photovoltaic cells
In the future, photovoltaic cells could be "worn" over clothes, placed on cars or even on beach umbrellas.
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Floating solar farms could help reduce impacts of climate change on lakes and reservoirs
Floating solar farms could help to protect lakes and reservoirs from some of the harms of climate change, a new study suggests.
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A general approach to high-efficiency perovskite solar cells
Perovskites, a class of materials first reported in the early 19th century, were "re-discovered" in 2009 as a possible candidate for power generation via their use in solar cells.
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Water mission takes on space weather
For well over a decade, ESA's SMOS satellite has been delivering a wealth of data to map moisture in soil and salt in the surface waters of the oceans for a better understanding of the processes driving the water cycle.
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Algorithms inspired by social networks reveal lifecycle of substorms
Space weather often manifests as substorms, where a beautiful auroral display such as the Northern Lights is accompanied by an electrical current in space which has effects at earth that can interfere with and damage power distribution and electrical systems.
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Social networking algorithms help in study of space weather, substorms
Scientists have revealed the global nature of magnetospheric substorms, the space weather phenomena responsible for the Northern Lights.
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Trina Solar leading the compatibility charge in the ultra-high power era
Trina Solar says it is continuing to drive collaboration across the entire value chain to achieve full compatibility with Vertex 210mm silicon wafer modules, designed to enable 600W+ output.
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New perovskite fabrication method for solar cells paves way to large-scale production
A new, simpler solution process for fabricating stable perovskite solar cells overcomes the key bottleneck to large-scale production and commercialization of…
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Is it worth investing in solar PV with batteries at home?
Solar energy is a clean, renewable source of electricity that could potentially play a significant part in fulfilling the world's energy requirements, but there are still some challenges to fully capitalizing on this potential.
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A new dye shakes up solar cells
In 1991, scientists Brian O'Regan and Michael Gratzel at EPFL published a seminal paper describing a new type of solar cell: the dye-sensitized solar cell…
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Sunlight Financial secures 2B in solar financing through expanded partnership with Tech CU
Sunlight Financial has announced that Tech CU, a Silicon Valley-based credit union, has committed to fund another nearly $2.5 billion in residential solar and…
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Study finds plants would grow well in solar cell greenhouses
A recent study shows that lettuce can be grown in greenhouses that filter out wavelengths of light used to generate solar power, demonstrating the feasibility of using see-through solar panels in greenhouses to generate electricity.
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Twisting, flexible crystals key to solar energy production
Researchers at Duke University have revealed long-hidden molecular dynamics that provide desirable properties for solar energy and heat energy applications to an exciting class of materials called halide perovskites.
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Starting small to answer the big questions about photosynthesis
New scientific techniques are revealing the intricate role that proteins play in photosynthesis.
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Seeing both sides of light collection
Two types of materials are better than one when it comes to solar cells, as revealed by an international team that has tested a new combination of materials and architecture to improve solar-cell efficiency.
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New perovskite LED emits a spin-polarized glow
The inclusion of a special new perovskite layer has enabled scientists to create a "spin-polarized LED" without needing a magnetic field or extremely low temperatures, potentially clearing the path to a raft of novel technologies.