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Fraunhofer Researchers Develop Metamorphic Triple-Junction Solar Cell

Solar energy will play a crucial role in the energy mix of tomorrow as solar energy is available in unlimited quantities. With the aid of concentrator solar cells, even more sunlight can be converted into electricity.

19 May 2010

Innovative Paint Reduces CO2 Emissions for Airplanes and Ships

To lower the fuel consumption of airplanes and ships, it is necessary to reduce their flow resistance, or drag. An innovative paint system makes this possible. This not only lowers costs, it also reduces CO2 emissions.

19 May 2010

DEK Solar Recognized for Technology Breakthrough

The fifth EM Asia Innovation Awards recently honoured DEK Solar for the technology breakthrough represented by its PV3000 photovoltaic metallization solution. Celebrating the highest standards in manufacturing technologi...

18 May 2010

Study Finds PbS Quantum Dots as Viable Materials for Use in Solar Concentrators

Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc. (“Shrink”), an innovative nanotechnology company developing products and licensing opportunities in the solar energy production, medical diagnostics and sensors and biotechnology research and development tools businesses, is pleased to announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary Shrink Solar's patent-pending Quantum Dot Solar Concentrator technology has demonstrated the ability to boost solar power absorption by silicon cells by nearly twice that of other leading photovoltaic materials.

17 May 2010

A Step Toward the Realization of New Hydrogen Production System Using Solar Light

Kazuhiro Sayama, Yugo Miseki, et al. of Solar Light Energy Conversion Group, the Energy Technology Research Institute of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, developed a tungsten oxide (W...

17 May 2010

Research Expands List of Potential Electrode Materials that Could Be Used to Store Energy

Expanding on work published two years ago, MIT's Daniel Nocera and his associates have found yet another formulation, based on inexpensive and widely available materials, that can efficiently catalyze the splitting of water molecules using electricity.

14 May 2010