Non-fused-ring donors and acceptors boost organic solar cell efficiency to over 14 pecent by Staff Writers Beijing, China (SPX) Feb 17, 2023 Non-fused-ring organic photoactive materials have attracted broad attention in recent years due to their low synthetic cost. Different from the rigid coplanar structure of fused-ring molecules, the easily rotated conformation of […]
Physicists solve durability issue in next-generation solar cells by Staff Writers Toledo OH (SPX) Feb 17, 2023 Physicists in the U.S. jumped a major hurdle standing in the way of the commercialization of solar cells created with halide perovskites as a lower-cost, higher-efficiency replacement for silicon when generating electricity from the sun. […]
Perovskites, a ‘dirt cheap’ alternative to silicon, just got a lot more efficient by Staff Writers Rochester NY (SPX) Feb 17, 2023 Silicon, the standard semiconducting material used in a host of applications-computer central processing units (CPUs), semiconductor chips, detectors, and solar cells-is an abundant, naturally occurring material. However, it is expensive to […]
Using combustion to make better batteries by Nancy W. Stauffer | MIT Energy Initiative Boston MA (SPX) Feb 17, 2023 For more than a century, much of the world has run on the combustion of fossil fuels. Now, to avert the threat of climate change, the energy system is changing. Notably, solar and […]
Blue Origin unveils “Blue Alchemist” a technology that turns Moon dust into solar cells by Charles Briggs Space Coast FL (SPX) Feb 15, 2023 Jeff Bezos’ spaceflight company Blue Origin revealed on February 10, 2023, in their blog that since 2021 they have been developing an in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) technology called “Blue […]
Ford to build new US electric battery plant with Chinese partner by AFP Staff Writers New York (AFP) Feb 13, 2023 US auto manufacturer Ford announced Monday that it will build a new $3.5 billion battery plant in Michigan, diversifying its battery offerings with technology from a Chinese company as it boosts electric […]
