Rinnovabili • Photovoltaic innovations 2025: top 3 winners of the smarter E AWARDs
Energy
The smarter E AWARDs 2025: 3 photovoltaic innovations leading the solar revolution

Photovoltaic innovations awarded at the smarter E AWARDs 2025: Longi, 7 Second Solar, and Weidmüller lead with cutting-edge solar technologies

Rinnovabili • SHJ solar cells with silver: record low 1.4 mg/W
Energy
Fraunhofer ISE cuts silver use in…

Thanks to copper-based metallization, scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy…

Rinnovabili • Fully organic solar cells: record efficiency boost with new electrode
Energy
Fully organic solar cells: efficiency doubles

Thanks to a transparent polymer electrode and a new lamination method, fully…


Rinnovabili • Battery industry: China’s dominance, global expansion, standardization
Energy
The new era of the battery industry: globalization and standardization

China currently produces over three-quarters of the world’s batteries at prices up to 30% lower than…

Rinnovabili • HPBC 2.0 by LONGi Wins the “EUPD Research Top Innovation” Award
Energy
HPBC 2.0 by LONGi Wins the “EUPD Research Top Innovation” Award

The award was presented at KEY - The Energy Transition Expo in Rimini

Rinnovabili • Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells: How Biomass Waste Enhances Efficiency and Stability
Tech innovations and Startups
Biomass Waste Boosts the Efficiency of Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells

A new polymer derived from biomass can effectively replace fossil-based thiophene compounds in the production of…

Rinnovabili • Credito: Jesse Morgan Petersen/CU Boulder College of Engineering and Applied Science
Energy
Direct-contact thermophotovoltaics challenge the laws of physics

A new thermophotovoltaic device converts waste heat into electricity, defying Planck’s law of thermal radiation. With…

Rinnovabili • Hydrogen from Bioethanol Without CO2: A Study Paves the Way
Energy
Hydrogen from Bioethanol Without CO2: A Study Paves the Way

A new catalytic thermal process converts ethanol and water into hydrogen and acetic acid at low…

Rinnovabili • AEM Electrolyzers- New Catalyst Boosts Efficiency, Cuts Costs in Hydrogen Production
Energy
AEM Electrolyzers: New Catalyst Promises Higher Efficiency, Lower Costs

Developed by KRISS, the breakthrough material significantly improves green hydrogen production while reducing costs

Rinnovabili • CO2 removal technologies: diversification can cut 31.5GtCO2 by 2100
Energy
CO2 removal technologies: the potential to eliminate 31.5 Gt by 2100

Diversifying CO2 removal technologies (CDR) could eliminate up to 31.5 Gt of carbon emissions annually by…

Rinnovabili • Sodium-Sulfur Batteries: 1,500+ Cycles with Lavender
Energy
Sodium-Sulfur Batteries at Room Temperature: Over 1,500 Cycles Thanks to Lavender

Sodium-sulfur batteries at room temperature achieve over 1,500 charge cycles thanks to a nanomaterial derived from…

Rinnovabili • Aluminum-ion batteries reach 10,000 cycles with solid electrolyte
Energy
Aluminum-ion batteries reach 10,000 cycles with solid electrolyte

Aluminum-ion batteries with a solid electrolyte achieve 10,000 charge cycles while retaining over 99% of their…

Rinnovabili • Sodium battery production starts in the U.S. with Natron Energy
Energy
Natron Energy begins U.S. production of sodium-ion batteries

Natron Energy launches sodium battery production in Michigan, marking the first large-scale U.S. deployment of this…

Rinnovabili • Bio-Photovoltaic Systems Boosting Efficiency
Energy
Bio-photovoltaic systems: new insights into electron flow and optimization for improved efficiency

Thanks to the development of innovative methods for analyzing photosynthetic electron flow, internal reactions in Synechocystis-based…