Solar cells offer the opportunity to harvest abundant, renewable energy. Although the highest energy light occurs in the ultraviolet and visible spectrum, most solar energy is in the infrare... Read more
Did you know that crystals form the basis for the penetrating icy blue glare of car headlights and could be fundamental to the future in solar energy technology? Crystals are at the heart of... Read more
“That raises the theoretical efficiency of the cell to 80 percent, which is quite remarkable.” Scientists have created a heat-resistant thermal emitter that could significantly i... Read more
Researchers have been able to improve the efficiency of solar cells by coating the cell surface with extremely small nanoscale structures. The new technology has been shown to nearly elimina... Read more
The current world record for triple-junction solar cell efficiency is 44 percent U.S. Naval Research Laboratory scientists in the Electronics Technology and Science Division, in collaboratio... Read more
Rooftop panels could reach a record-breaking 40 percent efficiency Low cost solar cells suitable for rooftop panels could reach a record-breaking 40 percent efficiency following an early sta... Read more
Could increase solar cell efficiency to 44 percent without the need for focusing a solar beam, The efficiency of conventional solar cells could be significantly increased, according t... Read more
Last year, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced that they had successfully used carbon nanotubes for “funneling” and concentrating electrons... Read more
Image via Wikipedia A study in the journal Nature Materials details the creation of a nanowire-based technology that absorbs solar energy at comparable levels to currently available systems... Read more
Using carbon nanotubes, however, Cornell University researchers now hope to lead the way to the next generation of highly efficient solar panels. Read more
Image via Wikipedia Researchers from University of Minnesota have removed a barrier to improving solar cell efficiency by showing how heat energy currently lost from semiconductors can be ca... Read more
Although we’ve seen sunlight to electricity conversion efficiencies of over 40 percent with multi-junction solar cells in lab environments, most mass-produced cells can only boast a conversi... Read more
