Iowa State University Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:21:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 New Polymer Solar Cell Coating Technology Yields 20% Increase In Efficiency https://www.greenoptimistic.com/textured-polymer-solar-cell-20101206/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/textured-polymer-solar-cell-20101206/#respond Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:21:11 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=12165 A new solar cell manufacturing technology that uses a thin and uniform light-absorbing layer has been developed by Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory researchers. The thin layer is to be deposited on textured substrates and has been proved to increase the efficiency of polymer solar cells.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/textured-polymer-solar-cell-20101206/feed/ 0 12165 T300: New Catalyst Produces More Cost-Competitive and Sustainable Biofuels https://www.greenoptimistic.com/t300-new-catalyst-produces-more-cost-competitive-and-sustainable-biofuels-20091207/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/t300-new-catalyst-produces-more-cost-competitive-and-sustainable-biofuels-20091207/#respond Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:33:54 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=5679 Researchers at Iowa State University and DOE's Ames National Laboratory, in partnership with biofuel specialist Catilin, Inc have developed a new technology that uses tiny nanoparticles to absorb free fatty acids from living microalgae.

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