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Future Wind Turbines to be More Powerful and Cause Less Sound Pollution: Study

Upcoming wind turbines are expected to generate significantly more power compared to their predecessors while also causing less noise pollution in the surrounding areas,...

March 30, 2023

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Wind
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KIT Researchers Discover a New Solution to Battery Passivation Puzzle

A recent study by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has shown that the formation of the solid electrolyte interphase, which is crucial for the functioning of...

March 28, 2023

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Technology
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Photosynthesis ‘Hack’ Could Lead to New Ways of Generating Renewable Energy

A group of researchers at the University of Cambridge successfully manipulated the initial steps of photosynthesis and uncovered a novel approach to harnessing its...

March 27, 2023

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Solar

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One-Step Coating Could Make Perovskite Solar Cells Commercially Viable

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has devised a new way to produce perovskite solar cells that could speed its commercialization. Different layers are...

March 24, 2023

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Solar

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Technology
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Swedish Firm Says Perovskite-CIGS Tandem Solar Cells Yield 24.9% Efficiency

Midsummer, a Swedish developer, in collaboration with researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), has developed a four-terminal perovskite-CIGS...

March 23, 2023

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Solar

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Technology
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IIT Mandi Creates Low-Cost Method for Solar Cell Metal Oxide Layers

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (IIT Mandi) have claimed a breakthrough in producing metal oxide layers for use in advanced architecture silicon...

March 21, 2023

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Solar

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Technology
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Researchers Develop Roof with Organic Solar Cells for Greenhouse

A team of material scientists at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering in California designed a solar roof with semi-transparent solar cells for a miniature greenhouse...

March 16, 2023

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Gourav Mishra

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Solar

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Technology
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Researchers Say Making Metal Halide Perovskite Solar Cells Saves Input Energy

Researchers at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) have found that solar cells made of metal halide perovskites achieve high efficiencies and can be produced from liquid inks...

March 17, 2023

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Solar

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Technology
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Researchers Show 26.5% Efficiency in 2-Terminal Tandem Perovskite Solar Cell

Italy-based renewable energy company Enel Green Power, researchers at the National Solar Energy Institute (INES), and the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy...

March 17, 2023

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Gourav Mishra

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Solar

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Researchers Find a Way to Make Low-Cost Perovskite Solar Cells at Scale

Researchers at Swansea University in Wales, United Kingdom have established a low-cost and scalable carbon ink formulation capable of unlocking the potential for the...

March 16, 2023

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Solar

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Technology
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Crab Shells Could Power Next Generation of Rechargeable Batteries

Researchers at the Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, China, and Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan, are “upcycling” crab shells into porous, carbon-filled...

March 15, 2023

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Energy Storage

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Technology
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Researchers Convert Algae into Functional Perovskites with Tunable Properties

Researchers at the Dresden University of Technology have transformed single-cell algae into functional perovskite materials by converting mineral shells into lead halide...

March 14, 2023

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Solar

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Technology
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Researchers Say Solid Electrolytes Lend Thermal Stability to Li-Ion Batteries

Researchers have engineered a new composite solid-electrolyte by introducing a new material that they claim provides thermal stability to solid-state lithium-ion...

March 13, 2023

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Gourav Mishra

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Researchers Find Growing Crops at Solar Farms Improves Panel Efficiency

Researchers from Cornell University have found that growing commercial crops on solar farms is a potentially efficient use of agricultural land, which can increase both...

March 7, 2023

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Solar

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Technology
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Engineers Unveil Novel Thermal Battery for Decarbonization Applications

Researchers at Lehigh University, with support from the United States Department of Energy (DOE), have developed a new thermal energy system – Lehigh Thermal Battery...

March 6, 2023

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Energy Storage

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