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Hybrid Solar Cell Converts Both Light and Heat, Hits Record Efficiency

Mila Luleva — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 18:11:24 +0000

Scientists have developed the most efficient hybrid solar cell to date, which produces electricity from both heat and light. The concept of hybrid solar cells have been around for quite some time, with various scientific teams around the world trying to combine different materials in order to boost electricity generation of this already pretty efficient […]

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First Aqueous Solar Flow Battery Does Better Than Li-iodine

Mila Luleva — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 20:49:28 +0000

The world’s first aqueous solar flow battery has reached a major milestone- it outperforms lithium-iodine batteries. Solar cells that can also store energy were revealed last October by the team from Ohio State University (OSU). The design was pretty unique- it had three electrodes instead of four, a lithium plate base, thin sheet of carbon […]

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It’s a Battery, no it’s a Solar Cell, no it’s the Solar Battery!

Ari Luis — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 12:27:32 +0000

Scientists at Ohio State University are at a loss as to what to call their new invention. It produces electricity like a solar cell, but it also stores energy like a battery. In an article recently published in Nature Communications, the researchers succeeded in producing the hybrid device that is set to tame solar energy […]

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