Perovskites, a class of materials first reported in the early 19th century, were “re-discovered” in 2009 as a possible candidate for power generation via their use in solar cells. Since then, they have taken the photovoltaic (PV) research community by storm, reaching new record efficiencies at an unprecedented pace. This improvement has […]
What are the highest quality solar panels? In general, SunPower, LG and Panasonic produce the best solar panels in 2020 thanks to the high efficiency, competitive prices and the extraordinary 25-year warranty offered by each brand … The best solar panels for home installation SunPower. LG. Panasonic. Silfab. Q CELLS. Canadian Solar. JinkoSolar. Trina Solar. […]
What is the target deployment of solar power by 2022? The Indian government has set a goal of installing 175 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2022, which includes 100 GW from solar, 60 GW from wind, 10 GW from biopower and 5 GW from small hydropower. In 2018, solar generated approx. 1.5% of US […]
Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology have produced a structural battery that performs ten times better than all previous versions. It contains carbon fibre that serves simultaneously as an electrode, conductor, and load-bearing material. Their latest research breakthrough paves the way for essentially ‘massless’ energy storage in vehicles and other technology. The […]
The cost of the rechargeable lithium-ion batteries used for phones, laptops, and cars has fallen dramatically over the last three decades, and has been a major driver of the rapid growth of those technologies. But attempting to quantify that cost decline has produced ambiguous and conflicting results that have hampered attempts to project the […]
One prospective source of renewable energy is hydrogen gas produced from water with the aid of sunlight. Researchers at Linkoping University, Sweden, have developed a material, nanoporous cubic silicon carbide, that exhibits promising properties to capture solar energy and split water for hydrogen gas production. The study has been published in the journal ACS […]
