A six-volt vertically-stacked, high current GaAs photovoltaic power converter (PPC) has been designed and fabricated to produce output power over 1 W under monochromatic illumination. An N ++ -GaAs/P ...

Every year, the palm oil industry discards tens of millions of tons of empty fruit bunches, the fibrous residue left behind after fresh fruit bunches are stripped of their oil-rich fruit. For every ...

Solar water splitting is one of the most direct ways to produce green hydrogen using sunlight. However, most photocatalysts and photoelectrodes absorb only a limited portion of solar radiation, mainly ...

Photothermal catalysis, fueled by clean solar energy, offers an efficient solution for converting waste plastic into valuable chemicals. This catalytic process harnesses the power of solar energy and ...

Hitachi Energy will contribute utility-scale solar inverters, power conversion systems for battery energy storage systems and automation and control systems to operate the plants, while FTC Solar will ...

Scientists at Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology (AIST) have set a new efficiency record for copper gallium selenide (CuGaSe₂) solar cells, achieving a power ...

Researchers have fabricated a new four-terminal organic solar cell with a tandem configuration with a 16.94% power conversion efficiency (PCE). The new device is composed by a highly transparent front ...

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. The Intertubes lit up today with news of a new, 190% efficient solar cell that could finally send fossil fuels packing once ...

LONGi has unveiled a hybrid interdigitated back contact (HIBC) solar cell with a conversion efficiency of 28.29%, a record for the company.

Scientists in China have constructed and tested a device that uses redox couples paired with a single triple-junction amorphous-silicon photoelectrode. When tested under a xenon lamp simulating one ...