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Machine Learning-Optimized Graphene Metamaterial Solar Absorber Using Al-TiN-Fe

A recent study in Scientific Reports presented a graphene-based metamaterial as a solar absorber. The structure consisted of three layers: aluminum (Al) as the resonator, titanium nitride (TiN) as the ...
pv magazine International

Perovskite solar cell based on electron-rich surface passivation layer achieves 23.27% efficiency

A group of researchers led by the Zhejiang University of Technology in China has proposed to use two sulfone-based organic molecules known as diphenylsulfone (DPS) and 4,4′-dimethyldiphenylsulfone ...
pv magazine International

First attempt to build thin-film solar cells relying on absorber made of silver, barium, titanium, selenium

A group of researchers led by the Autonomous University of Querétaro in Mexico have proposed for the first time to fabricate thin-film solar cells relying on an absorber made of silver, barium, ...
Purdue University

Low-cost ‘solar absorber’ promising for future power plants

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Researchers have shown how to modify commercially available silicon wafers into a structure that efficiently absorbs solar energy and withstands the high temperatures needed for ...