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Solar power is the most abundant source of renewable energy in the world today, rivaled only by wind power and geothermal energy. The Sun will indeed rise every day when expected, at least for the next four to five billion years, so harvesting its energy is a long-term objective. Existing solar cells can easily trap ... |
15 November 2009
04:58 GMT |
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Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) announce the completion of a new type of solar cells, one that may not need to be located on traditional surfaces, such as rooftops. The innovation makes use of nanostructures grown directly on optical fibers, and coated with light-sensitive dyes. This ... |
3 November 2009
06:10 GMT |
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Organic electronics, plastic electronics or polymer electronics are the names given to a new branch of electronic products that relies on polymers and molecules based on carbon for its traits. The carbon is the main chemical element that found life on the planet, hence the term “organic.” Experts say that... |
29 September 2009
04:50 GMT |
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An international research effort, consisting of scientists from Australia and the United States, has recently beaten the world record in terms of solar-cell efficiency by 0.3 percent, and reached a total conversion rate of 43 percent. Details of the amazing work, which has the ability to completely change the way in ... |
21 September 2009
09:49 GMT |
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Applying nanostructure films to various surfaces is an achievement that would considerably advance the field of electronics production, and would also lead to more advanced equipments. But this is notoriously hard to do, as experts working on making this a reality know. Chemical engineers at the Oregon State Universi... |
17 September 2009
03:45 GMT |
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In a new study published online in the September 13th issue of the journal Nature Materials, experts at the Eindhoven University of Technology (EUT) and the University of Ulm announced that they had managed to get high-resolution, 3D images of the inside of a polymer solar cell for the first time. Knowing the nanosca... |
14 September 2009
14:21 GMT |
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Scientists from the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have recently developed a new method of increasing the electrical conductance of cadmium-selenide nanorod crystals by about 100,000 times. The advancement could have significant implications for future genera... |
11 September 2009
02:57 GMT |
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Installing components just tens of nanometers thick onto their respective substrates in industrial quantities would clearly advance electronics production methods considerably. However, until now, this goal has remained elusive, in part because the necessary technology had not yet been developed. Now, scientists have... |
2 September 2009
02:27 GMT |
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Experts at the University of Texas in Austin, led by chemical engineer Brian Korgel, have recently developed a new type of solar cells, a bit less conventional. They propose that the energy-producing structures be made out of nanoparticle “inks,” which could be sprayed on rooftops and other structures lik... |
25 August 2009
15:51 GMT |
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Undoubtedly, one of the innovations that will make the computers and electronics of tomorrow run faster and better will consist of printed circuits. Experts have already devised organic circuits that are cheap, efficient and printable, but the trouble is that, unlike their inorganic counterparts, they require two mat... |
24 August 2009
03:00 GMT |
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Scientists at the University of Washington, led by Associate Professor of Chemistry David Ginger, have recently taken another step forward towards completing the scientific objective of producing cheap, plastic-based solar cells able to transform more than ten percent of the sunlight they absorb into electricity. One... |
5 August 2009
03:02 GMT |
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Over the past few years, large amounts of efforts and considerable sums of money were poured by governments into producing new generations and types of solar cells. While this may look like a good thing, industry officials say that the lack of funding for completely developing and scaling up the existing technologies... |
3 August 2009
03:05 GMT |
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Regular solar cells are expected in the near future to be replaced by thin film cells, which are both cheaper and more efficient. Their costs are driven down by the fact that they require less material to construct, while their quality is boosted by the new materials it incorporates, and also its reduced thickness. J... |
24 July 2009
08:55 GMT |
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A new design for growing optical semiconductors, created by experts at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and the University of California in Berkeley (UCB), will make efficient, low-coast, and flexible solar cells and panels a reality in the future. In the new proce... |
10 July 2009
04:22 GMT |
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As an essential part of the United States' future energy security strategy, solar cells are now the object of a large-scale investigation, conducted by experts at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) facility. The goal of the new study is to discover special coatings... |
26 June 2009
16:01 GMT |
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Producing solar panels based on silicon technologies is still a very expensive way of addressing issues such as climate change and global warming, and the manufacturing process still presents fairly high costs. This means that the majority of the people will not be able to afford to buy and install solar panels on th... |
9 April 2009
04:48 GMT |
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A team of US researchers finally managed to break the last obstacle that stood in the way of mobile electronics, as in gadgets and devices that can be bent, stretched and twisted. Thus far, silicon has been an insurmountable difficulty in the path of progress, as the chemical does not allow any kind of reshaping, due... |
20 November 2008
07:13 GMT |
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A newly-formed company is trying to revolutionize the way people look at solar energy by reducing the costs involved with mass-producing commercially-sustainable solar cells that could supply the population with electrical energy valued at less than a dollar per watt. 1366 Technologies, based in Lexington, Massachuse... |
20 October 2008
06:19 GMT |
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MacBook Air owners, QuickerTek has released the Apple Juicz, a device that uses solar cells to power up your ultra-thin Apple notebook. It folds neatly but costs quite a lot. An additional hundred bucks are also required for a modified MacBook adapter."The solar cell represents the ultimate in flexibility. No power s... |
14 July 2008
05:49 GMT |
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Solar cells are currently viewed as the star of alternative energy sources, being able to produce electric energy without the disadvantage of releasing greenhouse gases and other pollutants into the Earth's atmosphere as burning fossil fuels does. Sunlight provides an incredible amount of energy per square meter... |
11 July 2008
02:56 GMT |
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Apple is investigating ways to implement solar panels into the portable devices it is now selling, but also into those it plans to sell in the future. While there are major drawbacks to using solar power tech in devices such as the iPhone and the iPod, the mere fact that Apple has filed this patent means the company ... |
26 May 2008
09:22 GMT |
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A new nanocomposite polymer with remarkable thermal and mechanical properties has been developed by Northwestern University and Princeton University by incorporating functionalized, exfoliated graphite sheets. The material also conducts electricity and may be used to develop thermally stable optically transparent co... |
20 May 2008
08:22 GMT |
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Current solar cells available on the market have a conversion efficiency of about 25 percent. However, these are expensive silicon-based cells; dye-sensitized solar cells are much cheaper, but are half as efficient as silicon-based cells. Researchers from University of Washington believe that they can make dye-sensit... |
11 April 2008
08:10 GMT |
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It's about time to give a serious upgrade to the organic solar cells. Most of the solar panels built today all over the world imply a complicated manufacturing process, based on the use of scarce and extremely expensive materials, layered on top of a silicon substrate, and are able to provide a relatively effici... |
7 February 2008
05:23 GMT |
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The Solar Impulse Project plans to have an airplane take off and fly autonomously, day and night, propelled only by the energy of the sunlight, so far an unachievable goal without pushing back the current technological limits in all fields. During the day it will be powered by highly efficient solar cells that will b... |
7 November 2007
11:07 GMT |
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Sharp announced that it will soon begin work to construct a new industrial complex in Sakai City, Japan, that will be dedicated to the construction of LCD panels and thin-film solar cells. Sharp hopes that its idea of an industrial complex in Sakai will be a success as it has already invited a number of companies to ... |
1 August 2007
02:46 GMT |
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Solar power is becoming an increasingly important subject nowadays, as it might hold a very important role in mankind's future development. This completely renewable and green energy can only be harnessed by using photovoltaic solar cells, but said cells are still very far from achieving a reasonable energy effi... |
22 June 2007
07:31 GMT |
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