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Peel-and-Stick Flexible Solar Panels Open World of Possibilities for Solar Power

Leigh Hutchens — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 06:31:48 +0000

The rigidity of solar cells has long frustrated scientists. Solar cell applications are often very limited since the cells come in stiff, heavy, fixed panels. Scientists have long dreamed of photovoltaics that are more like decals than panels, and they envisioned flexible solar panels that can be peeled off like stickers and adhere to any […]

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Transparent Copper Nanowires Proving Best for Solar Cells and Other Flexible Gadgets

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:31:39 +0000

To make the best solar cells flexible, researchers have to find the best conductive materials. Such conductors are silver and indium tin oxide (ITO) nanowires, but they have several drawbacks. The copper nanowires made using a method invented by Duke University chemists, on the other hand, are cheaper than silver and better (read more conductive) than carbon nanotubes.

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Knut Karlsen`s Self-Rechargeable Solar Batteries

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 07:09:14 +0000

I have always liked the idea of rechargeable batteries, because they only cost a fraction of what they're worth as normal batteries, but now I see a different innovation that I had never thought of, even it was obvious: putting solar cells onto the rechargeable battery, and having it charged for free, and most importantly, anywhere!

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Sharp and Enel to Produce 1 GigaWatt Thin Film Solar Power Yearly

Ovidiu Sandru — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:05:42 +0000

It's good news to hear that green technology is growing rapidly in our times, and that new inventions in solar power are being applied months after they had been on the engineers' desks. This time it's about a new joint venture between the Japanese company Sharp and the largest Italian electricity provider, Enel.

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