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Using Nanotechnology to Make Solar Cells Cheaper and More Efficient

Article - 9 Jan 2008

The US solar industry has seen advances in solar cell technology in recent years. In the race to make solar cells cheaper and more efficient, researchers are betting on new designs that exploit...

Large-Area and High-Efficiency Organic Solar Cells from Processed Green Solvents

Article - 12 Dec 2021

A recent paper published in Nature Energy detailed the use of a guest-assisted assembly strategy to offer a unique approach to creating high-efficiency and large-area OSCs processed from green...

Nanotube Film Enhancing the Longevity of Solar Cells

Article - 22 Mar 2017

Researchers claim that thinner and more transparent nanofilms can also be useful, as these transparent structures could allow light to pass through.

Using Waste Heat from Solar Cells for Seawater Desalination

Article - 18 Aug 2021

Researchers from Saudi Arabia found by tweaking a device designed to desalinate seawater using waste heat from solar cells, they were able to boost the solar cell's performance and produce fresh water...

How Windows Could Redirect Light to Solar Cells

Article - 16 Mar 2021

Buildings of the future could have much improved environmental credentials thanks to next-generation windowpanes that redirect light to solar panels positioned along their outer edges.

Thermoradiative Photovoltaic Cells and the Possibility of a Night-time Solar Panel

Article - 9 Mar 2020

Solar cells that can work at night-time have been designed by a team at the University of California, Davis.

Low-Cost Printable Solar Cells

Article - 21 Feb 2017

Researchers at the University of Toronto’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have recently developed a planar PSC made at low temperatures of less than 150 °C.

How To Improve The Efficiency of Solar Cells

Article - 20 May 2016

While solar energy holds the promise of long-term sustainable energy, current systems are too inefficient to make mass installations financially viable.

Using SOL9235H Silver Paste to improve Performance and Cost Ratio of Silicon Solar Cells

Article - 30 Sep 2013

In the year 2009, the global economic downturn in general and the Spanish market crash in particular almost shut down the solar power manufacturing industry. However, during the third and fourth...

Graphene and Solar Energy Efficiency

Article - 13 Mar 2013

In 2004 Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov separated carbon layers and isolated the one-atom-thick material known as graphene from graphite, using sticky tape.