CZTS solar cells Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:59:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 The New Copper Zinc Tin Sulfide (CZTS) Solar Cells – Cheaper and More Efficient https://www.greenoptimistic.com/czts-cheap-solar-cells-20120313/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/czts-cheap-solar-cells-20120313/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:59:02 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=23274 Just when we were getting used to silicon solar cells, efficient – true, but so expensive, here comes a new discovery of solar cells that could turn the industry upside down. We’re talking about CZTS solar cells, which stands for Copper Zinc Tin Sulfide. What makes these so great: they “make this inexpensive.” This was […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/czts-cheap-solar-cells-20120313/feed/ 2 23274 IBM's Efficient Thin Film Solar Cell Made of Cheap Materials https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ibms-efficient-thin-film-solar-cell-cheap-materials-20100215/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ibms-efficient-thin-film-solar-cell-cheap-materials-20100215/#respond Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:37:54 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=6628 They managed to increase the efficiency with almost 40% of their solar cells, from 6,7 percent to 9,6 percent. To reduce even more the costs, these solar cells are build with an inexpensive ink-based process.

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