Cooling Down Solar Cells, Naturally
Photovoltaics are more efficient when they operate at lower temperatures
solar harvesting
Emissions-Free Energy System Saves Heat from the Summer Sun for Winter
A research team has made great, rapid strides toward the development of a specially designed molecule that can store solar energy for later use
Argonne Technology Puts Solar Power to Work All Night Long
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have designed an inexpensive thermal energy storage system that will be significantly smaller and perform more than 20 times better than current thermal systems
Graphene may Shed New Light on Terahertz Metamaterials and Plasmonics
Could graphene – a one-layer thick sheet of carbon atoms – be the ingredient needed for super-efficient solar harvesting with metamaterials? Or for “light on wire” plasmonic data transmission?