New Solar fabric uses sun and wind to power devices — ScienceDaily
 | Sep 13, 2018 … To make the fabric, Wang’s team used a commercial textile machine to weave together solar cells constructed from lightweight polymer fibers … |
Flexible silicon solar-cell fabrics may soon become possible …
| Dec 6, 2012 … The research opens the door to the possibility of weaving together solar-cell silicon wires to create flexible, curved, or twisted solar fabrics. |
Scientists create stretchable battery made entirely out of solar fabric: New …
| Dec 7, 2017 … Scientists create stretchable battery made entirely out of fabric …. Solar-Powered Battery Woven Into Fabric Overcomes Hurdle for ‘Wearable … |
Researchers use carbon nanotubes to make solar cell fabrics affordable …
Sep 27, 2018 … In addition, the material’s mechanical flexibility could allow solar cells to be integrated into fabrics and clothing, enabling portable energy … |
Cotton is the fabric of your lights, your MP3 player, your cell phone …
Mar 10, 2018 … Or a solar-powered dress that can charge your MP3 player? This is … “We can definitively have sections of a traditional cotton fabric becoming … |
How gold nanoparticles could improve solar energy storage …
| Jul 12, 2018 … Star-shaped gold nanoparticles, coated with a semiconductor, can produce hydrogen from water over four times more efficiently than other … |
New perovskite solar cell design could outperform existing …
| Oct 20, 2017 … A new design for solar cells that uses inexpensive, commonly available materials could rival and even outperform conventional cells made of … |
Off-the-shelf, power-generating clothes are almost here: Scientists …
| May 23, 2018 … Scientists introduce coating that turns fabrics into circuits …. us and turning it into a solar cell so that as you are walking around the sunlight that … |
Scientists discover material that can be solar cell by day, light panel …
| Mar 24, 2018 … Scientists have developed a next-generation solar cell material which can also emit light, in addition to converting light to electricity. This solar … |
Solar energy that doesn’t block the view — ScienceDaily
| Aug 19, 2018 … Researchers have developed a new type of solar concentrator that when placed over a window creates solar energy while allowing people to … |
Holding energy by the threads: Researchers spin cotton into …
| Mar 5, 2018 … While the pattern for making a wearable fabric battery has already been laid out, it’s now time to select the threads that will turn a textile into an … |
Clothing the body electric: Cotton T-shirt solar fabric can store electricity …
| Jun 29, 2018 … The fabric in a cotton T-shirt was converted into a material that can store electricity. A flexible source of electrical power made from this kind of … |
Some Color Shades Offer Better Protection Against Sun’s Ultraviolet …
| Oct 15, 2018 … Scientists in Spain are reporting that the same cotton fabric dyed deep blue or red provide greater UV protection than shades of yellow. |
Low-cost wafers for solar cells — ScienceDaily
| Oct 9, 2015 … Silicon wafers are the heart of solar cells. However, manufacturing them is not cheap. Over 50 percent of the pure silicon used is machined into … |
New coatings make natural fabrics waterproof: Process could offer …
| Jun 29, 2018 … Repellency of different liquids on polyester solar fabric coated with …. to glass in applications as diverse as window glazing, solar cells and … |
Solar material for producing clean hydrogen fuel — ScienceDaily
| Jun 14, 2017 … A new material has been created based on gold and black phosphorus to produce clean hydrogen fuel using the full spectrum of sunlight. |
Engineers are catching rainbows: Material that slows light opens …
| Engineers are catching rainbows: Material that slows light opens new possibilities in solar energy, other fields. Date: February 17, 2013; Source: University at … |
Collecting the sun’s energy: Novel electrode for flexible solar fabric …
| Apr 20, 2011 … Flexible precision fabric which, in cooperation with the Swiss company Sefar AG, was developed into an electrode for solar cell fabrics…. |
