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10/09/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Silicon-based solar panels convert sunlight to electricity at higher efficiency, new research finds

Arizona-based researchers evaluated the cost vs. enhanced efficiency of the newest development in solar technology. They indicated that tandem photovoltaic modules made from silicon materials will be the next big thing in the U.S. solar energy industry. In the study, the researchers compared the newly developed solar panel designs with existing photovoltaic technology. Their results showed […]

07/04/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Physicists are one step closer to developing optoelectronic devices that are smaller and more powerful

Swiss physicists from ETH Zurich have succeeded in measuring electron response in a semiconductor at the attosecond (one quintillionth of a second) timescale. This startling breakthrough is expected to spur the development of optoelectronic devices that can operate in the petahertz level, reported Science Daily. The previous maximum resolution of electron response was below a femtosecond […]

05/23/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Solar power, rain or shine: Hybrid solar cells can generate power from raindrops

Solar power has finally come across a way to overcome one of its greatest weaknesses: Rain. In a Science Daily article, Chinese researchers presented a hybrid solar cell that can produce electricity even when it is raining cats and dogs. In addition to gathering power from sunlight, the new cell can also harvest electrical power from rainwater […]

08/04/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Solar cell breakthrough could DOUBLE energy capture efficiency to over 40%

A prototype for a new solar cell that compiles multiple devices into a single device that has the capability of obtaining almost all of the energy in the solar spectrum has been designed by scientists at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. The new model, which transforms direct sunlight into electricity at an accuracy level […]

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