New research has investigated how the internal structure of organic solar cells impacts their performance.
How does microstructuring impact on solar cell efficiency?
May 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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Material design approach improves solar cell efficiency
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Development method allows researchers to more efficiently utilize the solar spectrum.
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MIT team shatter efficiency limit of solar cells
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Researchers show that there is a way to blow past Shockley-Queisser efficiency limit — once seen as an ultimate limit.
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University of Ulster secures EPSRC funding for solar tech research
April 26, 2013 By Leave a Comment
£700,000 grant will support research to drive down energy costs in an environmentally friendly way.
Nanowires greatly increase solar cell efficiency
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Nanowire solar cells created at EPFL could absorb 12 times as much light as the current standard.
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Organic solar cells build on biodegradable, recyclable substrates
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Efficient solar cells can be fabricated using natural substrates derived from plants such as trees.
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Real advance in quantum dot photovoltaics from MIT
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Researchers improve efficiency of quantum-dot photovoltaic system by adding a forest of nanowires.
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Nanoshells could lead to better quantum dot photovoltaics
March 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
A new technique developed by U of T Engineering Professor Ted Sargent and his research group could lead to significantly more efficient solar cells.
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Fraunhofer IKTS partners with Mayur REnergy to develop affordable green energy
March 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Partnership seeks to solve the electricity situation in India and other developing countries with micro power plants installed in every house.
Semiconductor-free photovoltaics use nanotechnology to make energy
March 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
A new method of harvesting solar energy is emerging, which makes use of gold nanorods instead of traditional semiconductor technology.
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