Researchers from China’s Xidian University are proposing to use waste lead from lead-acid batteries for the manufacturing of perovskite for solar cells. The proposed one-step process, which was tested in the production of a 17.38% efficient perovskite heterojunction cell, is said to be cheaper and less energy-intensive than other recyclingContinue Reading
The cost of solar power is sinking practically by the day, and the next new “hot” solar cell material — perovskite — will push costs down even more. So far you can’t get perovskite solar cells in stores but this year will bring a trickle into the market. Perovskite isContinue Reading
Artificial Intelligence (AI) may be just the thing to accelerate spray-on solar cell technology, which could revolutionize how consumers use energy. A research team at the University of Central Florida used Machine Learning, aka Artificial Intelligence to optimize the materials used to make perovskite solar cells (PSC). The Organic-Inorganic halideContinue Reading
Perovskite solar cells are a mixture of organic molecules and inorganic elements within a single crystalline structure and can be bonded to a flexible backing, which means they can be used for many applications where traditional solar panels are not feasible, such as on the roof and fenders of electricContinue Reading
Houses and office buildings account for 75% of electricity use and windows of these buildings leak energy, so in order to make them energy efficient we need to plug this leak and anything we can do to mitigate that is going to have a very large impact. A solution inContinue Reading
If all works out well, practically any facility that manufactures glass could churn out low cost perovskite solar cells for local markets. Researchers at The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems in Germany have come up with a business model that could upend the global solar marketplace. Aside from makingContinue Reading
