At any given moment, 89,000 terawatts of solar power hits the Earth’s surface. While significant advancements have been made in harvesting this power, existing technologies do not capture the full ...

At any given moment, 89,000 terawatts of raw solar power is slamming into the Earth’s atmosphere. It is a mind-boggling amount of energy. But right now, our best technologies are essentially trying to ...

Solar water splitting is one of the most direct ways to produce green hydrogen using sunlight. However, most photocatalysts ...

When the surface of the Sun exploded with activity in May 2024, Earth was hit by the biggest solar storm in more than two ...

The study of Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) and solar irradiance lies at the intersection of plant science, meteorology and renewable energy research. This field investigates the solar ...

Scientists have constructed the first complete proton energy spectrum observed during an eruptive solar event in Martian space, deepening our understanding of the radiation environment around Mars.

Achieving both a low operating temperature for photovoltaic (PV) and a high heat collection temperature for photothermal (PT) ...

Scientists from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia have investigated the impact of electron irradiation on the performance of p-PERC, n-TOPCon and p-TOPCon solar cells and have ...

A research team has produced a flexible perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell that converts 33.6% of sunlight into electricity, a certified record for bendable devices of this type. Published in Nature ...

Scientists from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia investigated the impact of UV-induced degradation (UVID) in solar cells based on tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) design.