Modern silicon solar cells have a maximum efficiency of about 25 percent and scientists worldwide are competing to find ways of further increasing this efficiency.

weiterlesen "A turbo booster for thin-film solar cells"

Lithium-ion batteries are currently the most powerful battery systems on the market, but their storage capacity cannot be increased much further.

weiterlesen "Fluoride batteries: A promising concept for the future"

Around 60 percent of the energy that a car engine generates from fuel is lost in the form of heat.

weiterlesen "Electricity from waste heat"

Installation work on the Wendelstein 7-X in Greifswald is in full swing and the apparatus can now be seen in its final form.

weiterlesen "Putting the last piece in place"

For around 30 years, the DLR has been advancing the development of solar-thermal power plants and testing their feasibility in demonstration plants in Spain.

weiterlesen "Further improvements in solar thermal power"

Highly radioactive waste from nuclear reactors has to be isolated from the biosphere for thousands of years, but the steel and other materials used for this purpose cannot guarantee safe containment for such long periods of time.

weiterlesen "When containers rust"

Thin-film solar modules made from copper compounds require less material and energy in production, but they convert sunlight into electricity less efficiently than crystalline silicon cells.

weiterlesen "Improving CIS modules with ILGAR"