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Solar startups to offer affordable, thin-film solar cells

November 07, 2006 - Solar startups to offer affordable, thin-film solar cells

Tuesday, November 07, 2006 by: Ben KageTags: solar power, green energy, renewable energy"These technologies look incredibly more real than they did five years ago," said Dan Kammen, founding director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory at the University of California at Berkeley. According to Kamen, solar sources could go from producing less than 1 percent of the United States' power -- as it does ...

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3D solar cells capture more sunlight, boost solar panel efficiency

July 24, 2007 - 3D solar cells capture more sunlight, boost solar panel efficiency

Tuesday, July 24, 2007 by: David Gutierrez, staff writerTags: solar panels, solar technology, health news

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China to build “solar roadways” with fully transparent concrete covering solar cells

February 10, 2019 -

For their version of the solar roadway, authorities are planning to use a 1.2 mile stretch of the Jinan City Expressway. The project, upon completion, will mark China's second solar roadway project in the country. The first solar roadway, which is also located in Jinan City, was just completed in September 2017.

The construction of the new solar roadway is complete, according to a report published on the tech website Electrek.co. While grid connection is still pending, ...

Explaining why perovskite solar cells are efficient

June 13, 2018 -

“In less than one decade, these perovskites underwent an outstanding development," remarked Dr. Michael Hetterich from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). "Meanwhile, perovskite solar cells convert more than 20 percent of the incident light directly into usable current."

A German authority on solar cell technology, Dr. Hetterich heads a collaborative effort between KIT and the Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW). These universities ...

Biogenic dental products could rebuild teeth and cure cavities

May 21, 2018 -

Mehmet Sarikaya, leader of the University of Washington (UW) research team, asserted that peptide-guided re-mineralization would be a cheaper, healthier, and less painful method of treatment than existing dental health care. They also claim that it will be so easy-to-use that it can become a part of a person's daily dental care regimen.

An expert in multiple fields of science, Sarikaya explained that biogenic dental products would become simple enough to be administered ...

What happens when solar cells get 20 times cheaper?

a long time ago - What happens when solar cells get 20 times cheaper?That's not a very favorable payoff for most people. Twenty years is about fifteen years too long to make solar an attractive investment. Sure, a lot of individuals and business want to "go solar" for environmental reasons, but coming up with twenty or thirty thousand dollars in cash to do it is another matter altogether.Now, if solar cells could be made at 1/20th the current cost, this would dramatically lower the overall ...

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See-through solar cells can generate power while helping plants grow

May 25, 2021 -

Published in the journal Cell Reports Physical Science, the study demonstrates the feasibility of installing see-through organic solar cells on the roofs of greenhouses to generate electricity without stunting plant growth.

Moreover, these see-through organic solar cells can help manage light transmittance from the ultraviolet (UV) to the infrared (IR). Managing light transmittance has significant impacts on the thermal load of greenhouses.

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Scientists use caffeine to give solar cells a unique energy boost

October 07, 2019 -

Researchers reported that coffee's primary stimulant increased the efficiency of perovskite photovoltaic cells, an alternative approach to solar power. When bolstered by caffeine, perovskite solar panels may match the performance of their more expensive conventional silicon counterparts.

The project received support from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the Chinese investment company Solargiga Energy. They published their findings in the scientific ...

Next-gen solar cells use bacteria that convert light into energy

September 21, 2018 - biogenic solar cells, scientists have tried to extract the natural dye used by bacteria for photosynthesis. This complex and costly endeavor uses toxic materials that could make the dye degrade, however. The Canadian researchers decided to try a different approach, leaving the dye inside the bacteria and inducing the organism to produce high amounts of lycopene. This dye, which can also be found in tomatoes and red fruits, is highly effective at harvesting light to convert ...

“Magic” alloy will allow solar cells to capture near-infrared light

August 12, 2018 -

This type of photovoltaic technology is known to be far more efficient than conventional, store-bought solar panels. However, concentrator photovoltaics are incapable of harnessing near-infrared light due to how they're made: three different layers capture different parts of light, with the next layer catching what the previous layer couldn't. Infrared light slips past all these layers with ease, and has presented scientists with the unique challenge of coming up with an alloy ...

Scientists create new 'organic' solar cells using thin layer of gold

April 29, 2011 - Scientists create new 'organic' solar cells using thin layer of gold

Friday, April 29, 2011 by: Jonathan Benson, staff writerTags: solar cells, gold, health news

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Scientists close to achieving over 20% efficiency for dye-sensitized solar cells

October 14, 2018 -

Hamann and his team are focusing their efforts on dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC), a thin-film photovoltaic cell that is easy and cheap to manufacture. Though affordable when compared to other thin-film solar cells, dye-sensitized solar cells are notorious for their rather mediocre conversion efficiency.

“The best dye-sensitized solar cells achieve more than 10 percent solar-to-electricity power conversion efficiency,” Hamann explained to MSUToday.MSU.edu. “They fall ...

Beyond batteries: laptops to be powered by solar power, micro fuel cells

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Solar cells are seeing a major breakthrough with the ability to print flexible sheets of solar panel material that can be folded like maps or wrapped around other objects (like your notebook). No longer will solar technology be large, heavy and clunky.

Micro fuel cells are also seeing technology breakthroughs even before first-generation fuel cells have appeared on the market. Compared to batteries, ...

Polymer solar cells can’t compete with silicon but they will serve a different function

July 12, 2018 -

The majority of solar cells you might see in use today are of the silicon variety, primarily because of how efficient they are at getting the job done. In comparison, organic polymer solar cells aren't nearly as effective. Indeed, it is known in the renewables industry that PSCs will probably never be adequate for a full-on megawatt solar farm. But new research suggests that it could be perfect for certain kinds of uses.

PSCs are comprised of organic polymers that can absorb ...

Scientists working on organic solar cells that collect energy like plants do, via photosynthesis

August 13, 2013 - Scientists working on organic solar cells that collect energy like plants do, via photosynthesis

Tuesday, August 13, 2013 by: Jonathan Benson, staff writerTags: organic solar cells, photosynthesis, renewable energy

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Breakthrough: Solar cells may soon be printed in the same way you print documents today

November 21, 2013 - Breakthrough: Solar cells may soon be printed in the same way you print documents today

Thursday, November 21, 2013 by: David Gutierrez, staff writerTags: solar cells, 3D printers, organic LEDs

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Paint-on solar cells? How your house's next coat of paint could become a power generator

December 31, 2011 - Paint-on solar cells? How your house's next coat of paint could become a power generator

Saturday, December 31, 2011 by: Jonathan Benson, staff writerTags: solar cells, power, paint

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