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Nano-Flowers Could Help Create Next-Gen Energy Storage & Solar Cells
Nano-flowers, newly created structures composed of germanium sulfide (GeS), have the potential to open the door to next-generation solar cells and energy storage devices. These ‘flowers’, created by...
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New High-Voltage Solar Cell Makes Solar-Powered Electronics More Feasible
A new, relatively high-voltage solar cell that can charge the li-ion batteries of portable electronics such as e-book readers and cellphones in partial shade has been created by the University of...
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Black Silicon Solar Cell Efficiency Raised to 18.2% by NREL Scientists
Black-silicon solar cells with 18.2% efficiency have been created by researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). These don’t need extra anti-reflection...
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Thin Film Solar Cell Degradation Prevented with New Method
The Laboratory for Photovoltaics at the University of Luxembourg has recently devised a new method to observe the causes of and prevent solar cell degradation before solar cell production is even...
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Bandgap Engineering Aims To Double Solar Cell Power Generation Using Nanowires
Two times more solar cell power generation? Well, that would be something, wouldn’t it! Here’s more info from CleanTechnica: Startup Hopes to Double the Power of Solar (via Clean Technica) A...
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New High-Efficiency Quantum Dot Solar Cells Developed
The first solar cell with an external quantum efficiency (EQE) that exceeds 100 percent for photons with energies in the solar range has been created. With these new solar cells, every blue photon that...
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Rainbows From Nanotechnology To Improve Solar Cells
Researchers from King’s College London have developed a detailed process to separate colors and create ‘rainbows’ on a metal surface by utilizing nanoscale structures. This method will likely lead to...
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Understanding The Technology Behind Solar PV Systems
Solar panel by Petur (some rights reserved) A simple solar photovoltaic (PV) system consists of the following basic components: A solar cell: A solar cell is a solid-state electrical device (p-n...
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Ultra-Thin Solar Cells From New Class Of Materials
Single atomic layers are combined to create novel materials with completely new properties. Layered oxide heterostructures are a new class of materials, which has attracted a great deal of attention...
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Graphene: A Jaw-Dropping Material That Can Improve Solar Cells
Image Credit: University of Maryland Press ReleasesWhen I heard about this, I was delighted because of my fascination with graphene, which is a terribly impressive material in many ways. When I say...
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Alta Devices Lands 30.8% Solar Cell Efficiency Record
No, this is not a record for all types of solar cells. As you can see in the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) chart below, multi-junction solar cells take top spot in when it comes to solar...
View ArticleInnotech Solar Set To Increase Module Production Capacity To 100 MW
Business has been good for a Scandinavian-Germana solar module manufacturer, Innotech Solar (ITS). It’s been so good that the company is planning to do something almost no other solar module...
View ArticleSharp Regains Solar Cell Efficiency Record
Sharp has a long string of solar cell efficiency records. And it has just extended that string a little further. In 2009, Sharp landed a 35.8% triple-junction, non-concentrator solar cell efficiency...
View ArticleSolar = Disruptive Technology (Graph)
I recently ran across this interesting graph on reddit: The title of the article in which the graph was housed (similar to mine above) was: “Solar Energy: This Is What A Disruptive Technology Looks...
View ArticleHow Solar Cells Work — Components & Operation Of Solar Cells
Since a solar cell is the only generator in a solar PV system, it is one of the most important parts in a solar PV system. In the following paragraphs, a simple introduction of a solar cell and how it...
View ArticleDye-Sensitized Solar Cell Consortium Launched
The idea of dye-sensitized solar cells has been around for awhile, but they aren’t anywhere near commercially viable, largely due to low efficiency. But maybe someday…. A consortium between a few...
View ArticleAre Super-Thin Solar Cells The Future? New Solar Cells Developed That Are...
The general drive in the solar energy technology industry has been towards the development of higher solar cell efficiencies and lowered manufacturing costs, but are there other avenues of improvement...
View ArticleSolar Energy & Solar Power Facts
Need some solar facts? This page is aimed at becoming the best go-to source on the web for solar facts… if it isn’t already. The solar facts below are succinct and organized by categories and...
View ArticleWhich Solar Panels Are Most Efficient?
Reposted from Cost of Solar: One of the most common things people ask when they start to consider going solar or start to plan their life-changing solar expedition is which are the most efficient solar...
View ArticleMulticrystalline Solar Cell Efficiency Record Set By JA Solar
JA Solar has reported that it has achieved a record 18.3% efficiency for a standard 156×156 mm2 multicrystalline solar cell. This was verified by Yangzhou Opto-Electrical Products Testing Institute....
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