July 18, 2024
Dr. Zhaoning Song, an assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, discusses UToledo-led research into all-perovskite tandem solar cells. Researchers recently described their innovative approach in the journal Joule.
August 2, 2022
President Gregory Postel talks about UToledo’s leadership in solar energy innovation.
November 4, 2021
The U.S. Department of Energy awarded UToledo a one-year, $300,000 grant to advance solar technology that combines two types of solar cells and harvests light not only from the sun but also light reflected off the ground.
August 2, 2021
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory and UToledo launched a new research collaboration with lead battery manufacturers to extend the life of lead batteries. Read: Battery Companies Join Research Partners to Improve Lead Battery Cycling
April 30, 2021
Scientists at The University of Toledo have developed a new process for making environmentally friendly and cost-effective solar cells.
February 24, 2021
Dr. Randall Ellingson, professor in the UToledo Department of Physics and Astronomy and member of the UToledo Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization, discusses the $12.5 million the U.S. Air Force awarded to his team to develop photovoltaic energy sheets that would live in space and harvest solar energy to transmit power wirelessly to Earth-based receivers or to other orbital or aerial instrumentation, such as communications satellites.
February 17, 2021
Dr. Randall Ellingson, professor in the UToledo Department of Physics and Astronomy and member of the UToledo Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization, discusses the $12.5 million the U.S. Air Force awarded to his team to develop photovoltaic energy sheets that would live in space and harvest solar energy to transmit power wirelessly ...
