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Organic Solar Cells With High Electric Potential for Portable Electronics
A new breakthrough in solar technology means portable electronic devices such as e-book readers could soon be re-charged on the move in low light levels and partial shading. Scientists from the...
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GeS “nanoflowers” could blossom in next-gen solar cells
Researchers have already turned to the humble sunflower for inspiration to design more efficient Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plant layouts, and now a team from North Carolina State University has...
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Breakthrough nano-technology solar cell achieves 18.2% efficiency, eliminates...
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have produced solar cells using nanotechnology techniques at an efficiency – 18.2%—that is competitive. The...
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Scientist Develops Water-Resistant Solar Panel Coatings Inspired by...
Butterflies are beautiful, delicate marvels of nature. While their lovely appearance may be inspiring, there’s nothing a butterfly can teach us about renewable energy – or is there? An ambitious...
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Scientists Build the First All-Carbon Solar Cell
Stanford University scientists have built the first solar cell made entirely of carbon, a promising alternative to the expensive materials used in photovoltaic devices today. The results are published...
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Solar panel breaks "third of a sun" efficiency barrier
Embattled photovoltaic solar power manufacturer Amonix announced on Tuesday that it has broken the solar module efficiency record, becoming the first manufacturer to convert more than a third of...
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Using Rust and Water to Store Solar Energy as Hydrogen
How can solar energy be stored so that it can be available any time, day or night, when the sun shining or not? EPFL scientists are developing a technology that can transform light energy into a clean...
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High-efficiency solar energy tech turns water into steam
A team of researchers at Rice University has developed a new technology that uses light-absorbing nanoparticles to convert solar energy directly into steam. Even though it is already significantly...
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Finding Rainbows On the Nanoscale May Lead to Better Solar Cells and...
New research at King's College London may lead to improved solar cells and LED-displays. Researchers from the Biophysics and Nanotechnology Group at King's, led by Professor Anatoly Zayats in the...
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MIT Developing 'Solar Energy Funnels' That Could Harvest More Energy From...
Researchers at MIT recently announced plans to create a “solar energy funnel” that could harvest energy from a much broader spectrum of sunlight than silicon photovoltaics are currently able to...
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electree+ bonsai solar charger combines form and function
Sitting somewhere between the "solar trees" erected on parking garages at the University of California in San Diego (UCSD) and the nanotrees developed on the same campus, the electree+ is a sculptural...
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HydroICE Solar-Powered Combustion Engine Could Cut Solar Costs By 75%
While the idea of a solar powered car is attractive, the physical manifestation usually fails in both aesthetics and performance. Most of the solar-powered vehicles we’ve featured in the past are...
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German Entrepreneur Brings Solar Ovens To the Mexican Countryside To Produce...
German entrepreneur Gregor Schaper has installed a series of large circular solar panels in the small town of El Sauz, near Mexico City, and uses solar energy for all his cooking. Each solar cooker...
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Nano-sandwich material claimed to boost solar cell efficiency by 175 percent
One of the main reasons that solar cells aren’t more efficient at converting sunlight into electricity is because much of that sunlight is reflected off the cell, or can’t be fully absorbed by it. A...
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Solar Power Prices to Continue Falling Through 2025, Experts Say
A new survey of experts argues that solar power will become much cheaper through 2025, while expanding greatly—but for these trends to continue for the long term, will require a committment to funding...
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Stanford University creates peel-and-stick solar cells
Traditionally, thin-film solar cells are made with rigid glass substrates, limiting their potential applications. Flexible versions do exist, although they require special production techniques and/or...
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Germany Reaches a New High in 2012 With Record Solar Power Installation
Solar power is booming in Germany, and 2012 has proven to be a record-breaking year for the country’s already-impressive solar power generation. As part of the plan to eliminate nuclear energy and...
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New Path to More Efficient Organic Solar Cells Uncovered
Why are efficient and affordable solar cells so highly coveted? Volume. The amount of solar energy lighting up Earth's land mass every year is nearly 3,000 times the total amount of annual human...
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Multi-Junction Solar Cell to Break Efficiency Barrier?
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory scientists in the Electronics Technology and Science Division, in collaboration with the Imperial College London and MicroLink Devices, Inc., Niles, Ill., have proposed...
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Photovoltaics Beat Biofuels at Converting Sun's Energy to Miles Driven
In 2005, President George W. Bush and American corn farmers saw corn ethanol as a promising fossil fuel substitute that would reduce both American dependence on foreign oil and greenhouse gas...
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