L R AS Published on Monday 12 December 2022 - n° 428 - Categories:R&D , other batteries
New sodium-sulphur battery: more powerful, less expensive, more profitable
A Sino-Australian team has created a new sodium-sulphur battery with an energy capacity of
AS Published on Sunday 11 December 2022 - n° 428 - Categories:R&D
Large-area, fully printed organic thin films
The American MIT has developed large-area, fully printed organic thin films that could be used to
L R AS Published on Monday 5 December 2022 - n° 427 - Categories:R&D
In brief R&D: kusachiite, improving batteries
In brief R&D: kusachiite, improving batteries
Indian scientists make their first design attempt
L R AS Published on Saturday 26 November 2022 - n° 426 - Categories:R&D , IBC. heterojunction
IBC analysis
Dutch researchers in Delft have studied how the fine-tuning of the reverse characteristics of interdigitated back-contact solar cells (IBCs) based on tunnel oxide passivated contact technology (TOPCon)
L R AS Published on Saturday 26 November 2022 - n° 426 - Categories:R&D , tandem cells
European research project for tandem cells
A European consortium led by Germany's Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) is launching a research project to advance silicon-perovskite technology towards mass production. A pilot line
L R AS Published on Monday 21 November 2022 - n° 425 - Categories:R&D
R&D in brief: all-perovskite PV cells, panels, production capacity, how to improve CIGS panels
R&D highlights: all-perovskite PV cell, panel, production capacity, how to improve CIGS panels
An American-Canadian team has created an all-perovskite PV cell.
L R AS Published on Saturday 19 November 2022 - n° 425 - Categories:R&D
New solar cells based on phase heterojunction
The Technical University of Dresden has developed new solar cells based on the phase heterojunction.
AS Published on Sunday 13 November 2022 - n° 424 - Categories:R&D
A P-type heterojunction solar cell doped with 24.5% gallium
With the adoption of gallium doping, p-type products could approach the performance of their N-type counterparts, while being less expensive.
L R AS Published on Monday 7 November 2022 - n° 423 - Categories:R&D
In brief R&D: Soprasolar, heterojunction solar cell, perovskite solar cells
In brief R&D :
Soprasolar: two new technical opinions for the Soprasolar® Fix Evo and Evo Tilt processes
L R AS Published on Sunday 30 October 2022 - n° 422 - Categories:R&D
A three-phase lithium battery-based uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system
Indian start-up Su-vastika has developed a lithium battery-based three-phase uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system. This system can be widely used as an alternative to polluting diesel generators (DGs),
L R AS Published on Sunday 30 October 2022 - n° 422 - Categories:panels, R&D
Algae could improve the efficiency of solar panels by 4
A Swedish team has inaugurated a pilot plant for the mass production of an algae-based material that has the potential to
L R AS Published on Sunday 30 October 2022 - n° 422 - Categories:R&D
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L R AS Published on Tuesday 25 October 2022 - n° 421 - Categories:R&D
R&D highlights: all-perovskite tandem cell, thin films, PERC panel, InGap-GaAs-CIGS cell
R&D highlights: all-perovskite tandem cell, thin films, PERC solar panel, InGap-GaAs-CIGS solar cell
Sino-Swiss researchers have developed a flexible all-perovskite tandem cell with 23.8% efficiency and improved voltage.
L R AS Published on Saturday 22 October 2022 - n° 421 - Categories:R&D
A quinone flow battery
The quinone flow battery for utility-scale renewable energy storage is close to commercial viability. The process
AS Published on Saturday 22 October 2022 - n° 421 - Categories:R&D
Panel cooling via a heat exchanger
Spanish scientists have built a cooling system that includes a heat exchanger: the solar panels are connected to a 15-metre-deep borehole.