Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) are a promising class of devices designed to harvest diffuse solar radiation by employing a transparent matrix embedded with luminescent materials. These ...

Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes have been the gold standard in light absorption, capable of trapping around 99 percent of ...

Since its invention in the 1970s, the luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) has aimed to enhance solar energy capture by using luminescent materials to convert and concentrate sunlight onto ...

Hundreds of mirrors positioned around solar towers concentrate solar rays onto a single point. Researchers in the ...

Researchers at the University of the Basque Country develop ultra-black nanoneedles that absorb 99.5% of sunlight for ...

Researchers at the Silesian University of Technology in Poland have investigated the enhancing photovoltaic module performance using dye concentrators, finding that their use could result in an ...

IBM Research and Switzerland-based Airlight Energy today announced a new parabolic dish that increases the sun’s radiation by 2,000 times while also producing fresh water and air conditioning. The new ...

Researchers from University of Genoa and University of Rome Tor Vergata are taking on two well-known metal halide perovskite (MHP) solar PV challenges, reducing the amount of lead while maintaining a ...

Scientists in China have invented a new type of coating that can turn standard windows into solar panels. The discovery could supercharge the global clean energy transition, according to the team from ...