Spray on perovskite solar cells could make abundant solar electricity possible worldwide but finding the correct formula could require billions of calculations. Researchers at the University of Central Florida think artificial intelligence could help.
Originally published on sister site Green Building Elements. Relatively inexpensive, easy-to-manufacture, nanoparticle-based solar cells can be created with materials that are abundantly common throughout the Earth’s crust, according to new work from researchers at the University of Alberta. The new nanoparticle-based solar cells — which could be mass-manufactured using simple … [continued]
You probably don’t think of cleantech when you think of Mitsubishi, but it’s been pushing its name into the field lately. A couple years ago, it broke the PV solar cell efficiency record. This year, it unveiled solar-powered EV charging stations at it headquarters in Cypress, California. And I’ve just read that it is developing spray-on solar cells.
New Energy Technologies, which introduced us to harvesting energy from roadways, has developed transparent solar cells which can be sprayed onto any glass surface. How? They successfully removed all metals from the solar cell. A huge challenge as the metal component in the cells act as a negative ‘polar contact.’ … [continued]
Spray-on tans, spray-on solar panels…what’s next? Researchers at the Australian National University are working with Spark Solar Australia and Braggone Oy on a three-year project to develop spray-on solar panels that are both cheap and highly efficient.
Researchers at UCLA have created perovskite solar cells that are 25% more efficient and longer lasting than current cells. What’s the secret ingredient? Caffeine.
Trump’s new solar tariff is bad news for thousands of PV workers in the US, but great news for workers in solar thermal, concentrating solar, building integrated solar, thin film solar, wind energy, geothermal and more…
Two new perovskite solar cell studies indicate that the cost of solar power has a long way to go before bottoming out.
A new solar cell record brings the concept of a solar powered car closer to reality, starting with solar sun roofs and moving to full body solar “paint.”
Originally published on Solar Love. A self-contained solar plus storage power station built into a shipping container is serving as the showcase for some of the latest in Taiwanese cleantech innovations, and this off-grid Eco-Power Station (EPS) will serve as an electric bike station at a state park in New … [continued]
