boost solar efficiency Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 29 Jul 2015 20:10:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 SunSaluter, DIY Solar Tracker That Boosts Efficiency and Purifies Water https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sunsaluter-solar-tracker-water/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sunsaluter-solar-tracker-water/#respond Wed, 29 Jul 2015 20:10:16 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=56011 DIY solar tracker by SunSaluter uses water and gravity to boost solar panel efficiency. It filters water too. We know by now that solar tracking systems boost efficiency of solar panels incredibly. This has been demonstrated by quite a number of engineers and researchers, who have worked on perfecting the technology for quite some time […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sunsaluter-solar-tracker-water/feed/ 0 56011 Quantum Dots Could Double the Efficiency of Solar Cells https://www.greenoptimistic.com/quantum-dots-solar-cells-20100621/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/quantum-dots-solar-cells-20100621/#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:47:39 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=8063 A team of scientists from the University of Texas at Austin have discovered a way to double the efficiency of solar cells. The process consists in capturing more of the available energy in sunlight (including energy at the high end of the scale), using nanoscale crystals called quantum dots.

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