
Tech innovations and Startups
LONGi sets new HIBC solar cell record with 28.29% efficiency
LONGi has pushed crystalline silicon solar technology to a new milestone, achieving a certified 28.29% conversion efficiency with its HIBC solar cell technology.
Stefania Del Bianco•25 September 2026

Energy
Atomic engineering could extend the life…
A new atomically engineered platinum-nickel catalyst could address one of the biggest…
Stefania Del Bianco•27 August 2026

Energy
How drones became a threat to…
Low-cost drones and missiles are exposing the vulnerability of pipelines, refineries and…
Erminia Voccia•29 July 2026

Water
From Japan the mini hydroelectric printable
It is called 3D-Pico Hydro Generator and is the system created by the Japanese Ricoh to…
10 August 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
Wood-based rechargeable batteries, the innovation that comes from the North
Stora Enso and Northvolt have entered into an agreement to develop carbon anodes made from tree…
27 July 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
Photovoltaic batteries, how to integrate generation and storage in a device
A new study analyzes the potential of newly developed photo-enhanced rechargeable metal batteries, analyzing key challenges…
27 July 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
All-perovskite tandem photovoltaics, towards mass production
Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have developed a prototype 12.25 m2 module with a…
18 July 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
Almost invisible solar cell arrives from Tohoku University
A group of Japanese researchers has created a solar cell with Schottky junction, which allows the…
14 July 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
Bacterial biobattery produces electricity for weeks
Engineers at Binghamton University have developed a battery containing three layers of different species of bacteria,…
5 July 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
UK: a new perovskite ink for a very thin photovoltaic
From a group of researchers at the University of Surrey, a new approach to the large-scale…
5 July 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
New polymers to print large area organic solar cells
A Korean research group has created special polymer additives that can prevent the degradation of organic…
28 June 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
The first gas turbine-powered by 100% pure hydrogen
Researchers at the University of Stavanger have managed to operate their small cogeneration plant using hydrogen…
14 June 2022

Water
Underwater solar cells to produce “direct” green hydrogen
Created a solar cell photogenerator based on bismuth oxyiodide that, immersed in water, is able to…
13 June 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
Hydrogen generator with portable cartridges, Toyota is ready for the future
The Japanese company together with its subsidiary Woven Planet has developed a transport technology, able to…
10 June 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
Lightweight photovoltaic modules: Sharp brings efficiency to 32.65%
The Japanese company has achieved the highest conversion efficiency in the world with its new triple-junction…

