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Rigid Electron Polymer Chains Could Boost Efficiency of Organic Solar Cells

In a new experiment aimed at improving organic solar cells (OSC) efficiency to maintain long-term stability, scientists found that addressing the issue of electron donor...

April 24, 2023

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Gourav Mishra

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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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Capacitors Cast with Polysulfates Boost Energy Storage Devices Efficiency

Materials experts have developed polymer capacitors by incorporating a chemical reaction to achieve long polymer chains of sulfate molecules called polysulfates which...

February 21, 2023

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Gourav Mishra

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Energy Storage

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Grid Optimization
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Perovskite Solar Cells Retain Efficiency During Temperature Fluctuations

Researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) said that they have produced perovskite solar cells to achieve efficiencies of well above 24%, which are resistant to...

January 31, 2023

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Gautamee Hazarika

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An Additive That Could Enhance the Efficiency of Polymer Solar Cells

A team of researchers from the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics and Soochow University claimed that the introduction of diiodooctane (DIO) additives could...

December 6, 2020

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Harsh Shukla

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Researchers Develop a Polymer to Enhance Efficiency of Redox Flow Batteries

Researchers at the Friedrich Schiller University claimed that they have developed a new polymer electrolyte for redox flow batteries that enhances its efficiency and...

October 10, 2020

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Harsh Shukla

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Energy Storage

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Technology
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Inferior Backsheets Will Cut the Life of Solar Projects

Solar project development in India has always been very competitive due to the reverse auction process and also lately because of tariff caps, which forces developers to...

March 11, 2020

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Anjana Parikh

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