MIT researchers find new way of arranging solar photovoltaic cells
A team of MIT researchers has come up with a very different approach to arranging solar photovoltaic cells: building cubes or towers that extend the solar cells upward in three-dimensional...
View ArticleSematech and Centrotherm partner to develop low temperature processes for...
Sematech recently announced that centrotherm thermal solutions, a 100 percent subsidiary of centrotherm photovoltaics AG and a developer of process tools and high-tech production systems for the...
View ArticleMagnetic test technique helps ensure reliability of microelectronics, PV...
Taking advantage of the force generated by magnetic repulsion, researchers at Georgia Tech have developed a new technique for measuring the adhesion strength between thin films of materials used in...
View ArticleRice, Tsinghua collaboration could yield low-cost, efficient alternative to...
Forests of carbon nanotubes are an efficient alternative for platinum electrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC), according to new research by collaborators at Rice University and Tsinghua...
View ArticleCoated solar cells promise paradigm shift in photovoltaics
Dye-sensitized solar cells are not an entirely new technology. By coating standard semiconductors in photovoltaic cells, researchers are able to increase the amount of electricity harnessed from...
View ArticleSoCalGas accelerates newest solar technology to co-produce renewable...
Southern California Gas Co. has launched a multi-year demonstration of an advanced concentrated solar cogeneration system. The project’s goal is to benefit area businesses by accelerating the...
View ArticleNanoscale Solar Sandwich
North Carolina State University researchers have devised a new nanoscale “sandwich” design technique for thin-film solar cells, creating significantly slimmer cells without sacrificing efficiency. A...
View ArticleControlling The Structure of Titanium Dioxide
Researchers at North Carolina State University (NCSU) have developed a new “phase tuning” technique for controlling the crystalline structure of titanium dioxide at room temperature. Using the...
View ArticleSolar Tech Takes Cues from Nature
Typical commercial solar cells are not efficient enough for the research team lead by MIT postdoc Dörthe M. Eisele, so they’ve turned to mother nature for answers. Inspired by green sulfur bacteria,...
View ArticleTransparent photovoltaics
When UCLA researcher Yang Yang looks out a window, he sees opportunity. Yang's focus isn't on what's beyond the window, but the window itself -- particularly its potential for energy production. Yang...
View ArticleSolar power from any semiconductor
Photovoltaics are the ultimate source of clean and renewable energy, but today’s technologies utilize relatively scarce and expensive semiconductors that are tricky or expensive to fabricate panels...
View ArticleImproved quantum dot solar cells
Researchers from the University of Toronto have created the world’s most efficient colloidal quantum dot (CQD) solar cells ever. The researchers’ CQD cells have world record 7% efficiency, a 37%...
View ArticleClean energy becomes a little cleaner
Cleanliness may be next to godliness, but it's also relevant for solar panel efficiency. "A dirty solar panel can reduce its power capabilities by up to 30 percent," says Seamus Curran, professor of...
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