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Organic solar cells for space
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Organic solar cells for space

A simulation shows how deeply protons with higher energies of 100 kiloelectron-volt (keV) penetrate the solar cell. Solar wind protons can be accelerated...

11 basketball courts in 1 teaspoon: this new material, borne from the space age, could hold the key to next-generation batteries and ultra small power cells
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11 basketball courts in 1 teaspoon: this new material, borne from the space age, could hold the key to next-generation batteries and ultra small power cells

Researchers create a form of carbon with an incredible surface area This could allow the material to trap more substance including various chemicals...

Machine learning helps researchers develop perovskite solar cells with near-record efficiency
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Machine learning helps researchers develop perovskite solar cells with near-record efficiency

Approach overview. (A) We used three kinds of databases. The source database was the virtual combination of two types of commercial monomers using...

Theorists propose new approach to electroluminescent cooling that works like inverted solar photovoltaic cells
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Theorists propose new approach to electroluminescent cooling that works like inverted solar photovoltaic cells

Proposed multijunction electroluminescent cooling system, consisting of multiple semiconductor layers with different band gaps (the energy needed to move an electron so it...

High efficiency meets sustainability: Next-generation tandem solar cells
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High efficiency meets sustainability: Next-generation tandem solar cells

The scientists in the Fraunhofer flagship project “MaNiTU” successfully produced a perovskite silicon tandem solar cell with 31.6% efficiency on an area of...

Novel green solvent could help scale up fabrication of perovskite-based tandem solar cells
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Novel green solvent could help scale up fabrication of perovskite-based tandem solar cells

Perovskite tandem mini-module (aperture area: 20.25 cm2). Credit: Duan et al. In recent years, engineers have been trying to develop alternative photovoltaic (PV)...

Researchers discover why humidity causes perovskite cells to fail
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Researchers discover why humidity causes perovskite cells to fail

Abstract. Credit: ACS Applied Energy Materials (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.4c02470 Dr. Tim Kelly calls it “the magic of science”—when what you think is going...

How non-toxic and efficient solar cells can be produced
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How non-toxic and efficient solar cells can be produced

Rui Zhang, researcher at the Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology at LiU. Credit: Thor Balkhed Large-scale production of organic solar cells with...

Scalable technique enhances 2D layer formation in solar cells
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Scalable technique enhances 2D layer formation in solar cells

Scalable printed large-area modules. a, Schematic illustration for the scalable fabrication of large-sized PSMs with the corresponding laser processing (green cylinder) and the...