Panasonic's solar cells to support Tokai Uni solar car team
30 August, 2013Panasonic will provide technological support to the Tokai University Solar Car Team as it competes in the World Solar Challenge (WSR), held in Australia from 6 to 13 October 2013. The company will be supplying high-efficiency HIT solar cells with high electricity output and high-capacity lithium-ion batteries.
3D graphene for solar power
23 August, 2013 by Marcia GoodrichMichigan Technological University scientists have developed 3D graphene, an inexpensive material that could replace the platinum in solar cells without degrading their efficiency.
Dyesol achieves record DSC efficiency of 15%
12 July, 2013Announced in the scientific journal Nature is a paper by a team led by the ‘Father of DSC’ Professor Michael Graetzel describing a new deposition process to create the light harvesting pigment for solid-state dye solar cells.
New method for visualising defects in solar cells
01 July, 2013Researchers at LMU Munich have developed a new method for visualising material defects in thin-film solar cells.
Researchers develop a new generation of photovoltaic cells
07 June, 2013Researchers from the University at Buffalo are helping develop a new generation of photovoltaic cells that produce more power and cost less to manufacture than what’s available today.
Scientists produce Australia’s largest solar cells
16 May, 2013Scientists have produced the largest flexible, plastic solar cells in Australia - 10 times the size of what they were previously able to - thanks to a new solar cell printer that has been installed at CSIRO.
Dyesol achieves solar cell breakthrough
16 May, 2013Dyesol, an Australian-listed cleantech company, claims to have achieved a ‘game changing’ technical breakthrough by achieving a solid-state DSC efficiency of 11.3% at full sun.
IKEA expands US solar footprint
14 May, 2013Home furnishings retailer IKEA has completed its 38th solar project in the US with installation of a PV array system at its store in Stoughton, Massachusetts.
Low-cost, flexible organic solar cell manufacturing partnership
03 April, 2013UK Solar cell technology developer Solar Press and coating and printing experts Kroenert have signed a long-term partnership agreement to develop and sell turnkey manufacturing solutions for organic photovoltaic (OPV) modules.
Eltek Flatpack2 High Efficiency Solar Charger
06 March, 2013With its MPPT algorithm ensuring close to 100% panel utilisation and efficiency up to 96.5%, the galvanic isolated solar charger sets new standards for renewable and hybrid power in telecommunications.
Multijunction solar cell breaks efficiency barrier
15 February, 2013A collaboration of scientists has proposed a novel triple-junction solar cell with the potential to break the 50% conversion efficiency barrier, which is the current goal in multijunction photovoltaic development.
New path to more efficient organic solar cells
30 January, 2013For polymer-based organic photovoltaic cells, which are far less expensive to manufacture than silicon-based solar cells, scientists have long believed that the key to high efficiencies rests in the purity of the polymer/organic cell’s two domains - acceptor and donor. Now, however, an alternate and possibly easier route forward has been shown.
Organic photovoltaics on steel: ThyssenKrupp and Solliance researching solar cells
03 December, 2012ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe and Solliance are working together to create organic photovoltaics that can be incorporated into flat steel products for use in the construction industry.
The first all-carbon solar cell
12 November, 2012 by Mark ShwartzResearchers have developed a solar cell made entirely of carbon, an inexpensive substitute for the pricey materials used in conventional solar panels.
Wind power smart grids
21 March, 2012An EU-funded project aims to test solar and wind electricity distribution systems.
