When it comes to installing solar cells, labor cost and the cost of the land to house them constitute the bulk of the expense. The solar cells — made often of silicon or cadmium telluride — rarely ...
Researchers have demonstrated a new solar cell design that can not only convert the full spectrum of sunlight to electrical energy, it is also practical to make using common manufacturing techniques ...
US scientists have discovered that using wavelength-selective, semi-transparent PV modules to absorb the blue light spectrum while transmitting red light onto crops can increase crop yield. “Today’s ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A new concept could bring highly efficient solar power by combining three types of technologies that convert different parts of the light spectrum and also store energy for use ...
Scientists at the University of Cambridge in the UK have found a way to improve the efficiency of photovoltaic cells by as much as 25% through harnessing more of the sun’s spectrum than most ...
A new single molecule can absorb the full spectrum of sunlight and turn it into valuable hydrogen. Freeing hydrogen to use as fuel is a major science holy grail in the 21st century. Costly, ...
Solar energy could be made cheaper if solar cells could be coaxed to generate more power. A huge gain in this direction has been made by a team of chemists that has found an ingenious way to make ...
Solar cells are made from semiconductors whose ability to respond to light is determined by their band gaps (energy gaps). Different colors have different energies, and no single semiconductor has a ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A new concept could bring highly efficient solar power by combining three types of technologies that convert different parts of the light spectrum and also store energy for use ...
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