Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes have been the gold standard in light absorption, capable of trapping around 99 percent of ...

Hundreds of mirrors positioned around solar towers concentrate solar rays onto a single point. Researchers in the ...

- DGIST, KAIST, and Korea University collaborated to develop a three-dimensional device with reversible heating/cooling based on the thermal radiation phenomenon -- Research published as a cover ...

Instead of burning fossil fuels to smelt steel and cook cement, researchers in Switzerland want to use heat from the sun. The proof-of-concept study uses synthetic quartz to trap solar energy at ...

A new proof-of-concept device trapped solar radiation and used it to heat an object to a blistering 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit (1,000 degrees Celsius), raising hopes that steel furnaces could be powered ...

Perovskites are promising, but real-world conditions have held them back. Solar panels are basically synonymous with silicon. The material is used in about 95% of the panels in today’s market. But ...

Researchers at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia have fabricated a photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) system that uses a cooling nanofluid circulation system with a phase change material (PCM). The system can ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A new "smart fabric" boasts the ability to use the heat from the sun to act as a large, flexible heating pad that can warm up to 54 degrees Fahrenheit. According to a study ...