Global rooftop solar panels could cool Earth by 0.13°C, modeling study suggests
An interdisciplinary team affiliated with a host of institutions across China, working with one colleague from Singapore and ...
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Roland Winston, pioneer in solar energy, engineering and physics, 1936–2025
Roland Winston, SB’56, SM’57, PhD’63—a pioneer in solar energy, engineering, and physics—died Feb. 8 at his home in ...
Physics World23h
Perovskite solar cells can be completely recycled
To this end, many countries around the world are imposing legal requirements on photovoltaic manufacturers, to ensure that they collect and recycle any solar cell waste they produce. These initiatives ...
Interesting Engineering5d
Firms to produce first fully US-made silicon solar panels, target 1GW output yearly
Three U.S. firms, Suniva, Heliene, and Corning, are launching the first fully ‘Made in America’ silicon solar module, aiming ...
EurekAlert!15d
Flexible solar tech: How carbon-based cells could power your next wearable -devices
Recently, a research team led by Professor Zhi-Guo Zhang from Beijing University of Chemical Technology, in collaboration with Professor Ye Long from Tianjin University has published a breakthrough ...
Science Daily28d
The next-generation solar cell is fully recyclable
That's why old solar panels end up in the landfill. Huge mountains of electronic waste that you can't do anything with," says Xun Xiao, postdoc at the Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology ...