ultra-thin solar cell Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 13:33:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Solar Cells Made With Layered Oxide Heterostructures Are Ultra-Efficient https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-cells-layered-oxide-heterostructures-20130216/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-cells-layered-oxide-heterostructures-20130216/#respond Sat, 16 Feb 2013 13:33:52 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=33435 A new class of materials, known as layered oxide heterostructures, made by stacking single atomic layers of oxides, can be used to create a brand new kind of ultra-thin, super-efficient solar cells. Researchers from the Vienna University of Technology, together with colleagues from the US and Germany, discovered the unique electronic properties of these materials […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-cells-layered-oxide-heterostructures-20130216/feed/ 0 33435 Nano-Engineered Super Thin and Flexible Solar Cells https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nano-engineered-super-thin-and-flexible-solar-cells-20121015/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nano-engineered-super-thin-and-flexible-solar-cells-20121015/#respond Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:12:24 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=26712 Solar powered technologies might increase in number if nanotechnological developments from University of Texas, prove effective. This will become possible if the Team of scientists consisting of Dr. Anton Malko, Dr. Yuri Gartstein, and Dr. Yves Chabal, succeed in their project to develop solar cells using ultra-thin materials. Their aim is to produce cells that […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nano-engineered-super-thin-and-flexible-solar-cells-20121015/feed/ 0 26712 New 1.9µm Solar Cell Thinner Than Spider Silk, Can Be Bent Around Human Hair https://www.greenoptimistic.com/thinnest-solar-cell-spider-silk-20120404/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/thinnest-solar-cell-spider-silk-20120404/#respond Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:07:06 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=23832 A solar cell thinner than spider silk has been unveiled today by a team of Austrian and Japanese researchers. The ultra-thin solar cell has a thickness of 1.9 micrometers and can be bent around a single human hair. The solar cells considered so far to be the thinnest are about ten times thicker than the […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/thinnest-solar-cell-spider-silk-20120404/feed/ 0 23832 Hot Electrons Could Increase the Solar Cell's Power Output https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hot-electrons-could-increase-the-solar-cells-power-output-20091220/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hot-electrons-could-increase-the-solar-cells-power-output-20091220/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:36:25 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=5801 Researchers at Boston College have developed new solar cells that successfully use hot electrons to increase the cells' power output. According to the scientists, the concept could lead to solar cells that break conventional efficiency limits.

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