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Konarka's Thin Plastic Organic Solar Cell Breaks New Efficiency Record For Its Class

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 09:40:16 +0000

Konarka, one of the early adopters of thin plastic solar cells has recently unveiled news about their latest prototype achieving a light conversion efficiency of 8.3 percent.

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Michigan Researchers Develop Technology to Make Plastic Solar Cells Cheaper Than Ever

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:50:33 +0000

Jay Guo, a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Michigan as developed a method to improve the fabrication technology of polymer solar cells. He used a simplified process for printing them, and demonstrated it on a large-area, roll-to-roll printing system. By eliminating steps in the old fabrication technology, plastic solar cells could be manufactured easier and faster.

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New Polymer Coating for Plastic Solar Cells Boosting Their Lifetime

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:50:41 +0000

Researchers from the University of Alberta and the National Institute for Nanotechnology have just published a study and showed a prototype of a very cheap plastic solar cell that lasts for eight months at full operating capacity. The same plastic solar cell had lasted for only ten hours until now.

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New Polymer Synthesis Cuts Plastic Solar Cell Production Time by 50%

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:27:43 +0000

Their discovery drastically reduces the reaction time (99% faster). In the past, the reaction that took place in 48 hours, now only lasts 30 minutes and increases the average molecular weight of the polymer by a factor of more than three.

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