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Moth Eyes and Lotus Leaves Inspire New Ultra-Efficient Solar Panel Coating

Mila Luleva — Tue, 19 May 2015 18:53:33 +0000

Moths’ eyes and lotus leaves inspire scientists from Oak Ridge National Lab to develop a water repellent solar panel coating that boosts the efficiency by up to six percent. A team from Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL) developed an anti-reflective, water repellent, self-cleaning, highly durable and fog resistant coating for solar panels. The coating comprises of nanoscale […]

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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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Sixtron's Antireflective Coatings Solve Safety and Efficiency Issues in Solar Cell Technology

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:50:37 +0000

Up to now, the most used antireflective coating method has been the vapor deposition of a silicon nitride film by using a highly-flamable silane gas, which can ignite when exposed to air. Transporting, storing, ventilating silane gas and other safety-keeping operation make the process very expensive.

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New Nanomaterial Could Serve for Dust-Proof Solar Cells and Supercapacitors

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:14:55 +0000

The new material is made up of molecules of peptides that "grow" to resemble small forests of grass. And as if the coincidence wouldn't had been enough, supercapacitors could also benefit from this nano-coating.

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New Anti-Reflective Coating Make Solar Panels Absorb 96.2% Sunlight

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:19:29 +0000

I like the way science evolves and still, for years, nobody seems to look at the new inventions. This may be the case with solar, because almost weekly we discover news about useful inventions in the area of solar power. Instead, old and inefficient methods are still being commercialized and "promoted", at their high prices, like it's wanted to decrease their real usage in real life conditions, not promote it.

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