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Human Eyes Hold Secret to Improved Solar Cell Efficiency

Mila Luleva — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 11:02:20 +0000

Searching for ways to improve solar cell efficiency, a team of scientists found that tiny structures in the human eye have special mechanisms that can be adapted to silicon solar cells to make them better at collecting light. Many research teams have looked towards nature to find inspiration for improvements in various technologies. This is often […]

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New Record-Breaking Efficiency of Solar Cells for Mobile Devices

Mila Luleva — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:46:22 +0000

Yet another record efficiency is achieved with solar cells developed by Alta Devices, a small startup in the field of solar energy. In times when finding cheaper renewable energy sources is the essence of combating greenhouse gas emissions, solar companies are constantly introducing new techniques that lower the cost of solar while boosting the efficiency. […]

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Australian Scientists Enhancing Thin Film Solar Cells’ Efficiency

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:22:03 +0000

The thin-film technology strives for closing the gap with silicon cells in the race for the most efficient solar panels. Researchers from the Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, together with Suntech Power Holdings announced that embedding gold and silver nanoparticles into thin-film solar cells has managed to improve the efficiency of solar panels by 8.1%. […]

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GE's Double Strike: PrimeStar Solar and a Future Thin Film Solar Plant

Mike Sandru — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 18:30:21 +0000

General Electric (GE), the American conglomerate that has reinvented itself as a green energy giant, has two pieces of news for us: 1) it wants to build a thin-film solar factory in the U.S. and 2) it has bought the PrimeStar Solar Company.

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New Transparent Solar Cells Can be Sprayed Onto Any Glass Surface

Mike Sandru — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:01:39 +0000

Researchers at New Energy Technologies have recently developed transparent solar cells which can be sprayed onto any type of glass. They successfully removed all metals from the solar cell and replaced them with an environmentally-friendly see-thru compound.

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Thin-Film Panchromatic Solar Cells: Next Generation of Solar Efficiency

Cristi — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:07:05 +0000

A Korean team led by Nam-Gyu Park has recently made a breakthrough discovery in solar cell development. This discovery will not only increase the efficiency of thin-film panchromatic solar cells but as well the use of clean and reusable energy on the entire globe.

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Sharp and Enel to Produce 1 GigaWatt Thin Film Solar Power Yearly

Ovidiu Sandru — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:05:42 +0000

It's good news to hear that green technology is growing rapidly in our times, and that new inventions in solar power are being applied months after they had been on the engineers' desks. This time it's about a new joint venture between the Japanese company Sharp and the largest Italian electricity provider, Enel.

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