Honeycomb-like nanopatterning boosts efficiency of ultrathin solar panels
“Hyperuniform disordered” design delivers 66.5% solar absorption
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Colour-changing sensor raises a pink flag to hydrogen leaks
Micron-scale device could alert operators to gas escaping from hydrogen fuel stations, generators and pipelines
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Perovskite solar cell survives the damp and heat
New device meets a critical industrial stability standard for photovoltaic modules
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Paddlewheel-like molecules push sodium ions through next-generation battery
New finding could allow for the development of alternatives to lithium-ion technology
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Engineered disorder makes ultrathin solar cells ultra-efficient
Changes to a material’s atomic-scale ordering significantly affect its optoelectronic properties, say researchers
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Industrial salt makes a safer and more sustainable zinc battery
Hydrous organic electrolyte also works across a wide temperature range
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Ultrathin flexible solar cells get an efficiency boost
Devices made from transition metal dichalcogenides could be employed in self-powered wearables and sensors as well as drones
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Hybrid device acts as both solar cell and battery
Researchers develop first photoelectric system that can convert light into charge and then store it
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Processing tweak makes solar cell ‘ink’ more stable
New work advances the commercialization of cells made from lead halide perovskites
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Wood-based conductors could make Li-ion batteries safer
New material might be used as a solid battery electrolyte or as an ion-conducting binder for the cathode of an all-solid-state device
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