Sep
17
New Process Makes Better Perovskite Solar Cells
September 17, 2015 | Leave a Comment
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) researchers in Japan have succeeded in producing highly reproducible and highly stable perovskite solar cells with a new low-temperature solution process. To date conventional perovskite solar cells produced by low-temperature solution processes have had problems in terms of stability and reproducibility, and details of their operational mechanism were difficult […]
Sep
16
Solar Water Splitting Record Broken by More Than 10%
September 16, 2015 | Leave a Comment
An international team has succeeded in considerably increasing the efficiency for direct solar water splitting. Using a tandem solar cell whose surfaces have been selectively modified, the old record of 12.4 percent that stood for 17 years was overtaken to 14 percent. The group’s research paper has been published in Nature Communications in front of […]
Sep
15
Calling Off the Food vs Fuel Debate
September 15, 2015 | Leave a Comment
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology experts predict farmers can sustainably, and affordably, meet humanity’s growing demand for food and fuel. This not a great surprise. But for those on the anti biofuel side the debate is getting weaker each year. The article is a worthwhile read. Some say […]
Sep
10
New Lightweight Solar Cells Can Track the Sun
September 10, 2015 | 5 Comments
University of Michigan (UM) researchers borrowing from the ancient Japanese art of paper cutting called kirigami have developed solar cells that are light weight and track the sun. Solar cells capture up to 40 percent more energy when they can track the sun across the sky, but conventional, motorized trackers are too heavy and bulky […]
Sep
9
A Roundtable Discussion About Artificial Plants
September 9, 2015 | Leave a Comment
Researchers are combining semiconducting nanowires and bacteria and can now produce liquid fuel. The Kavli Foundation has sponsored a roundtable discussion with three leading scientists that is a very useful read that’s available for everyone to read through. Organic plant based photosynthesis uses solar power to drive the ability of plants to transform sunlight, carbon […]
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