Perovskites Understood
The usual solar cell is made of silicon. The better cells use the crystalline form of the element, but there are other methods to obtain electric energy from the sun …read more Continue reading Perovskites Understood
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Solar Cells, Half Off
A company named Leap Photovoltaic claims they have a technology to create solar panels without silicon wafers which would cut production costs in half. According to [FastCompany] the cells are …read more Continue reading Solar Cells, Half Off
Solar Power Goes Back to 1910 Tech
If you want to read about a low-tech approach to solar cells invented — and forgotten — 40 years before Bell Labs announced the first practical silicon solar cell, we …read more Continue reading Solar Power Goes Back to 1910 Tech
Power Your Home With a Water Battery
I’ve stated it before on Hackaday but one of the most interesting engineering challenges posed to me this year was “how could you store enough energy to power a decent …read more Continue reading Power Your Home With a Water Battery
Power Your Home With a Water Battery
I’ve stated it before on Hackaday but one of the most interesting engineering challenges posed to me this year was “how could you store enough energy to power a decent …read more Continue reading Power Your Home With a Water Battery
Power Your Home With a Water Battery
I’ve stated it before on Hackaday but one of the most interesting engineering challenges posed to me this year was “how could you store enough energy to power a decent …read more Continue reading Power Your Home With a Water Battery
Snails, Sensors, and Smart Dust: The Michigan Micro Mote
If you want to track a snail, you need a tiny instrumentation package. How do you create an entire data acquisition system, including sensors, memory, data processing and a power …read more Continue reading Snails, Sensors, and Smart Dust: The Michigan Micro Mote
Tiny BEAM Robot Smiles Big at the Sun
What have you been working on during the Great Chip Shortage? [NanoRobotGeek] has been living up to their handle and building BEAM robots that are smaller than any we’ve seen …read more Continue reading Tiny BEAM Robot Smiles Big at the Sun
Rugged Solar Generator Packs a Punch
Hackaday Prize 2021 entrant [Philip Ian Haasnoot] has been building a well-polished power bank. But this is no ordinary little power bank the like you would throw in your rucksack …read more Continue reading Rugged Solar Generator Packs a Punch
Making Ferroelectric Solar Cells Better
Researchers claim that using several very thin layers of ferroelectric crystals can lead to significantly better ferroelectric solar cell efficiency. But don’t pull the panels off your roof yet. Conventional …read more Continue reading Making Ferroelectric Solar Cells Better