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New solar-cell coating could enable a major boost in efficiency
ScienceDaily (Monday, 6 May) - Throughout decades of research on solar cells, one formula has been considered an absolute limit...
New material approach should increase solar cell efficiency
ScienceDaily (Monday, 6 May) - A new research group brought together aspects of condensed matter physics, semiconductor device engineering, and...
New battery design could help solar and wind power the grid
ScienceDaily (Monday, 6 May) - Researchers have designed a low-cost, long-life battery that could enable solar and wind energy to...
Microwave oven cooks up solar cell material
ScienceDaily (Monday, 6 May) - Metallurgists used an old microwave oven to produce a nanocrystal semiconductor rapidly using cheap, abundant...
Solar plane lands in Arizona on journey across U.S.
CBC News (Monday, 6 May) - A solar-powered airplane has landed in Phoenix after a 19-hour flight from California on the...
Spitzer telescope puts planets in a petri dish
PhysOrg (Monday, 6 May) - (Phys.org) —Our galaxy is teeming with a wild variety of planets. In addition to our...
Carbon footprint of grid-scale battery technologies calculated
ScienceDaily (Saturday, 9 March) - Solar and wind power pose a challenge for the U.S. electrical grid, which lacks the...
Bits Blog: Solar Cells May Supplement Smartphone Batteries
New York Times (Saturday, 9 March) - Solar cells under development by a Silicon Valley start-up, Alta Devices, could give smartphone batteries...
A 4-Year-Old Explains Solar Power
Thermoelectric Videos (Saturday, 9 March) - A 4-Year-Old Explains Solar Power Solar power makes so much sense, even 4-year-old Sera...
Demonstration of a thermoelectric module
Thermoelectric Videos (Saturday, 9 March) - Demonstration of a thermoelectric module Demonstration of a thermoelectric module. tristanlewinsohn·2 videos. Subscribe Subscribed...