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  • NREL researchers prove perovskite solar cells more stable than previously thought

    Over the past decade, perovskites have rapidly evolved into a promising technology, now with the ability to convert about 23 percent of sunlight into electricity, but work is still needed to make the devices durable enough for long-term use. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy LaboratoryRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Perovskite breakthrough: NREL gains new insight into how the cells degrade

    Perovskite solar cells are the most tantalizing research category in the solar industry because of their efficiency and versatility, but thus far haven’t budged outside a lab setting. A microscopic analysis conducted by the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory has revealed new insight into how the devices degrade— huge information forRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Eaton, NREL team up on new power management research

    To expedite research and commercialization of new energy-related technologies, power management company Eaton and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have entered into a cooperative agreement to co-locate approximately 15 members of Eaton’s Corporate Research and Technology team at NREL’s Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF)Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • The ‘Carportunity’: How our electric vehicle future means big things for solar carports

    Electric vehicles taking over the road is no longer a question. Sales of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and all-electric vehicles have surged recently. So now the question is where are all of these things going to get their juice? A new study from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National RenewableRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • NREL labs demo a high-efficiency solar window that tints

    Thermochromic windows capable of converting sunlight into electricity at a high efficiency have been developed by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). What the? How it works Relying on such advanced materials as perovskites and single-walled carbon nanotubes, the new technology responds to heatRead More — Solar Builder magazine