Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 30, 2026 In a world facing rising pressure to deliver both reliable food supplies and clean energy, scientists are exploring agrivoltaics as a way to combine solar power with crop production on the same land. A new modeling study led by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign examines how agrivoltaic systems could alter crop yields and farm profits across the U.S. Midwest, where climate conditions an

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 30, 2026 Redwire Corporation has introduced a new high-performance, low-mass solar array product, the Extensible Low-Profile Solar Array, or ELSA, targeting mass-manufactured satellites that need standardized, modular power solutions for on-orbit operations. The company said ELSA is designed to serve government and commercial customers that are ramping up satellite production to support applications such

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 30, 2026 A new study has demonstrated that artificial intelligence can design color-tunable solar windows that maintain, and even enhance, their power output compared to conventional transparent solar cells. The work focuses on semitransparent perovskite photovoltaics, a promising technology for building-integrated applications where windows and other surfaces can generate electricity while remaining see

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 30. 2026 As demand for renewable energy grows worldwide, engineers continue to wrestle with how to harvest the full solar spectrum efficiently using different conversion technologies in a single system. Photovoltaic cells operate best at relatively low temperatures, while photothermal and thermophotovoltaic systems require high temperatures, creating a thermal conflict that has limited hybrid solar desig

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 30, 2026 A team from the University of Stuttgart and international partners has reported a new material design that increases both the efficiency and environmental resilience of perovskite solar cells. The work represents another step toward practical deployment of perovskite technology as a competitive option in photovoltaics and is described in Nature Energy under the title 'Photoswitchable isomers to

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 30. 2026 Regular perovskite solar cells, which place the electron transport layer beneath the perovskite absorber and the hole transport layer on top, face limits for large scale manufacturing and operational stability. Inverted perovskite solar cells reverse the positions of the electron and hole transport layers, offering strong power conversion potential and good compatibility with scalable solu

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 30. 2026 Researchers at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have demonstrated a fully solvent free route to high performance perovskite solar cells using an all vacuum deposition process that improves crystal quality and device stability. The work, carried out with collaborators at the University of Oxford and other European partners, shows that multi source co evaporation can turn vacuum

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 30. 2026 A new review in the journal Energy and Environment Nexus examines how advances in the geometric design of tubular solid oxide fuel cells could speed their adoption in cleaner and more efficient energy systems. The authors provide a detailed survey of fabrication methods, structural configurations, and real world deployment strategies for tubular solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technologies. S

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2026 Electrons can be kicked across solar materials at almost the fastest speed nature allows, challenging long-held theories about how solar energy systems work. The discovery could help researchers design more efficient ways to harvest sunlight and convert it into electricity by exploiting how molecules vibrate rather than treating those vibrations as a source of loss. In experiments that cap

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 Crystalline silicon solar cells dominate the global photovoltaic industry, and tunnel oxide passivating contact (TOPCon) architectures are rapidly gaining market share because they offer strong performance while remaining compatible with existing manufacturing lines. Industrial TOPCon cells, however, have struggled to approach their theoretical conversion limits, with suboptimal electrical perfo

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 A team from the Institute of Materials Science of Seville, a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council and the University of Seville, has developed a hybrid energy harvesting device that can generate electricity from both sunlight and rainfall at the same time. The concept relies on a thin multifunctional film that protects perovskite solar cells from harsh environmental conditions w

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 18, 2026 Despite being riddled with impurities and defects, solution processed lead halide perovskites continue to defy expectations as highly efficient solar cell materials, with performance now approaching that of industry standard silicon based devices. A new experimental study from the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) offers a comprehensive physical explanation for this efficiency p