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New Thin-Film Solar Cell May Provide Electricity at Grid Parity

Leigh Hutchens — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 07:21:36 +0000

No stranger to developing sustainable organic photovoltaic (OPV) technologies, Global Photonic Energy Corp. (GPEC), has created a thin-film solar cell that has the ability to provide electricity at grid parity or the cost of traditionally provided electricity. This breakthrough is the direct result of drastically reduced production costs and is based on a method that […]

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SolarWindow-Maryland Technologies' New Solar Window Saves More Than Classic PV Panels

Mike Sandru — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:46:26 +0000

Maryland-based New Energy Technologies has great plans for the future - they want to develop a new type energy generating window. Last week, the company has unveiled a working 12 x 12 inch prototype of its SolarWindow product.

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New Fullerene-Based Transparent Honeycomb Polymers Could Act As Power Generating Windows

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:14:47 +0000

Nowadays, many researchers search methods of making transparent solar cells that can act both as windows and as solar harvesters. Some of them can even be manufactured relatively cheaply using a technology that can spread them onto large areas.

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Revolutionary Method Of Creating Conductive Transparent Thin Films Discovered by Mistake

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:39:31 +0000

A novel method for developing conductive and transparent thin films, that could be used in applications ranging from solar cells to ultracapacitors, has been discovered by a team of UCLA researchers, by mistake.

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New Plastic Sheet From 3M Could Replace Glass in Future Thin Film Solar Cells

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 12:57:15 +0000

A new plastic film from 3M could revolutionize the way solar panels are built and seriously affect their cost-effectiveness and market share. The company says it can replace the classic glass and is more protective to solar cells than glass is, making the solar power investment worthwhile.

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Amazing 35% Efficiency of Multi-Band Thin Film Solar Cells Demonstrated

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:51:59 +0000

Yet another solar cell breakthrough comes from RoseStreet Labs Energy, Inc (RSLE), who announces a new kind of multiband photovoltaic cell with three distinct light absorption regions, all integrated onto a single-layered thin film. The discovery is based on IBand, a technology proprietary to RSLE and is the first intermediate band solar cell prototyped in a laboratory.

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