Silicon solar cells are not the only type of solar cells available to capture the sunlight, we also have dye-sensitized solar cells also called Grätzel cells after their inventor, Michael Grätzel. I’m glad to announce you that a team of researchers from China and Switzerland have reported the highest efficiency for dye-sensitized solar cells which [...]

Although many scientists regarded this as almost impossible, a team of researchers from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new anti-reflective coating which will allow solar panels to absorb light from the entire solar spectrum, and to capture almost all the amount of sunlight from almost any angle. This is a major breakthrough which [...]

Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design Center of North America has developed a concept car that looks like being a mixture between a Formula One car and a yacht racing vehicle. The design was called Formula Zero and is powered by solar energy. The concept will enter the 2008 Design Los Angeles Challenge.

The car has one electric motor [...]

Good news for solar power as the University of New South Wales ARC Photovoltaic Centre of Excellence has announced that they managed to develop a silicon solar cell which has an efficiency of 25 percent. It’s a new world record, however, the previous record was also held by the UNSW ARC Photovoltaic Centre of Excellence [...]

A major double breakthrough which could lead to significantly improved solar cells has been achieved by a team of chemists from the Ohio State University. The researchers managed to develop a new material which will absorb all the energy coming from the sun beams, and in the same time it can generate and capture electrons [...]

Do you remember what we always about renewable energies? Something like these aren’t so advanced or cost-effective and that there is little chance to entirely replace fossil fuels? Well, this could change thanks to a company called Solar Botanic which plans to harvest solar and wind energy thanks to artificial trees based on nanotechnology.
As nanotechnology [...]

Researchers at a startup company called Solyndra have designed a new way of deploying solar panels which is cheaper and more efficient than regular solar panels. The new technique consists of cylindrical solar cells which are made of thin-film semiconductor material that is deposited on a glass tube.

The thin-film semiconductor material is made of copper, [...]

As you know, in the future we will use only renewable energies and for the moment solar and wind power are the most advanced technologies that we have. I am aware by the fact that there are other clean ways to generate power like wave and tidal, but for the moment there are only a [...]

In order to remove our dependence on oil, renewable energies have to become cheaper and cost-effective, and this could finally happen as researchers from the University of Texas, Austin have developed a new carbon-based material called graphene which could double the capacity of batteries.
The graphene has an one-atom thick structure and thanks to it, the [...]

In a future with no need for fossil fuels and with the need of renewable energies, solar power seems to be the best option available on the market. In order to be efficient and cost-effective, the sun has to shine all day long and the perfect place for that is the African continent. The latest [...]