Suntech Power Uses Mono-Crystalline Silicon to Develop Solar Cells
Suntech Power is a Chinese company that developed efficient hybrid solar cells that reduce the cost of using solar power by 10 to 20...
Nanocone – based solar cell with 80 percent conversion efficiency
With the creation of a 3-D nanocone-based solar cell platform, a team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Jun Xu has boosted the light-to-power...
Solar Vehicle for Green Rides in the Desert
We brought in the highlights a new solar vehicle concept car. This Solar Powered Vehicle (SPV) was designed by Omer Sagiv as a perfect...
Daimler to produce cars with OLED lighting cells rooftops powered by solar panels
The Smart Forvision concept car was introduced by Daimler last year.
Daimler had worked with BASF to create the Forvision’s design which had some interesting...
Morris Model Solar Power Pilot Program Implemented In New Jersey County
In January 2010, the Morris County Improvement Authority (MCIA) of New Jersey distributed US$22.3 million in low-interest government bonds to finance the development of...
Drinking Water From Sunshine
Systems which can remove salt from salt-water, or desalination systems, have existed for decades, but they are typically large-scale installations that require lots of...
Artificial photosynthesis to create cheap hydrogen for fuel
The production of cheap hydrogen for automotive or jet fuel may be possible by mimicking photosynthesis, according to a Penn State materials chemist,...
Solar Power Ingredient in a New Hampshire’s Brewery
In addition to water, malt, hops, and yeast, brews at the Flying Goose Brew Pub & Grille in New London are getting a new...
Dye-sensitized solar cells more efficient than silicon cells
Dye-sensitized Grätzel solar cells have just set a new efficiency benchmark. By changing the composition and color of the cells, an EPFL team has...
Solar rays could replace petroleum fuels with solar gasoline
Yen-Ting Kuo, a doctoral candidate in chemistry, Taiwan, has spent several years in K-State's chemistry program working to create new materials that better use...