solar research

This solar-charged battery directly stores energy from sunlight in a tank

Researchers at University of Wisconsin–Madison have developed solar-charged battery that directly stores energy from sunlight in a tank. Song Jin, a professor of chemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has integrated the solar cell with a large-capacity battery. He and his colleagues have made a single device that eliminates the usual intermediate step of making […]

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DISCOMs Flouting Solar’s ‘Must Run’ Status: Mercom Capital

Mercom Capital Group in its latest report “India Solar Quarterly Market Update,” has revealed that power deficit numbers in India do not paint the full picture. The report states that even if Central Electricity Authority’s (CEA) reports touts low power deficit and surplus situation, large populations in India are still living without electricity and power cuts […]

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This Solar Cell is highly efficient and can harvests more of sun’s energy

  A team of researchers from MIT and the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology has developed new solar cell that includes two different layers of sunlight-absorbing material to harvest a broader range of the sun’s energy and that costs less than its counterparts. The researchers call the device a “step cell,” because the two […]

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Researchers have designed a device that is effective and offer low-cost solution for storing solar energy

Solar energy can be stored by converting it into hydrogen. But current methods are too expensive and don’t last long. Researchers at EPFL and CSEM have designed a device using commercially available solar cells and none of the usual rare metals that outperforms in stability, efficiency and cost. One of the solutions to store solar […]

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Korean Researchers Develop High-Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells

A team of researchers led by Taiho Park at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Korea, has found a new method to improve not only the efficiency, but stability and humidity tolerance of perovskite solar cells. The Korean researchers designed a hydrophobic conducting polymer that has high hole mobility without the need of additives, […]

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Phono Solar Announces Commissioning of PV Power Plant Outdoor Test System in Hainan, China

Phono Solar has partnered with China National Electric Apparatus Research Institute (CEI) for outdoor test system in the extreme hydrothermal weather conditions of the Hainan Province. Phono Solar signed a five-year cooperation agreement with CEI. The agreement includes development of an outdoor PV power plant test area with supporting technical meteorological monitoring equipment. This 3KW […]

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Meet the Ultra-thin photovoltaics that are flexible enough to wrap around a pencil

Researchers in South Korea have developed flexible photovoltaic that could power wearable electronics like fitness trackers, smartwatches and smart glasses in future. The ultra-thin photovoltaics are flexible enough to wrap around the average pencil. The researchers have presented the report results in the journal Applied Physics Letters, from AIP Publishing.  “Our photovoltaic is about 1 […]

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