In Ultrathin Layers, NREL Researchers Find A Path To Better Materials
Unexpected Crystalline Structure Explains Mechanism of Long-Used Solar Cell Treatment and Hints That Further Materials Discoveries Await For more than … [continued]
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The Top 20 NREL Stories Of 2022
Throughout 2022, researchers, staff, and leadership at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) worked together … [continued]
How Does Local Solar Stack Up Against The Grid? New Map Provides Countrywide Comparison Of…
If you’re interested in knowing exactly where in the country solar energy is the most efficient — as compared to … [continued]
Dog Bites Man As Amonix Sets Yet Another Solar Cell Efficiency Record
You know we’re getting somewhere when record-shattering solar power efficiency marks are popping up faster than zombies at your local … [continued]
Wright’s Law & Moore’s Law Best Predict Technology Progress
Recent research from MIT and the Santa Fe Institute confirms that Wright’s Law and Moore’s Law are very good predictors for technological … [continued]
Solar Tech Improvements; Solar Project News; Solar Manufacturing News… (Solar Energy News Roundup)
Other than the solar energy news we’ve already posted on, here’s some more solar energy news from the last … [continued]
New World Record for Tandem Polymer Solar Cell Efficiency
“Scientists boosted the significance of tandem polymer solar cells by successfully testing cells with low-bandgap polymers that achieved certified … [continued]
SCHOTT Solar Achieves Nearly 20% PV Efficiency Using New Fabrication Technology
SCHOTT Solar is producing silicon solar PV cells with nearly 20% efficiency at comparatively low cost using a combination of innovative technologies that promise to drive the cost of manufacturing solar photovoltaic cells, and the cost of producing electricity from solar energy, further down the curve.
Solar Cell with 114% External Quantum Efficiency
Scientists at National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) reported “the first solar cell that produces a photocurrent that has an external … [continued]
Chromasun Harvests Sun’s Heat & Photons with Hybrid Concentrated Solar Photovoltaic — Thermal Modules
By harvesting both heat and photons from sunlight, Chromasun’s latest hybrid concentrated solar photovoltaic-thermal (CPVT) system can provide at least three times the energy conversion efficiency of standalone solar PV systems. Field tests, the most recent at Santa Clara University’s 2007 Solar Decathlon House, indicate that installing Chromasun’s MCT Collector system on building rooftops is grid-competitive without any subsidization.
