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University of Texas Discovery Could Turn Solar Cells' Lost Heat into Electricity

Mike Sandru — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:13:04 +0000

Solar cells are a real treasure if handled and improved properly. The problem with them is that they usually use silicon, so the efficiency rate doesn’t exceed 31%, at most. All of this is about to change once the organic plastic semiconductor material suggested by the University of Texas comes in place: a predicted 50 […]

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Plastic Solar Cells with LEDs Offer Cheap Lighting in Poor Countries

Mike Sandru — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:37:09 +0000

According to a study, there are about 1.5 billion people in developing countries who do not have electricity, the majority of them using kerosene lamps for light after sunset. But now, thanks to the researchers from Denmark, the lighting problem could disappear.

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Plastic Solar Cells Going to Make Their Market Breakthrough

Cristi — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:41:08 +0000

Even though plastic solar cells are cheaper to produce and they have some advantages like lightweight and flexibility , they still miss one important thing: the efficiency. Researchers are optimist that in the years to come, the polymer solar cells will be able to compete from the efficiency point of view with the silicon solar cells as well taking into account the fact that plastic solar cell have improved their efficiency each year.

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Plastic Solar Cells: Your Next Gadget’s Cheap Power Source

Florin — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:44:13 +0000

Portable electronic devices have from now on a new technology invented for making the battery life longer or making them to work completely on solar energy.

The plastic solar cells with eight square inches in size...

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