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Engineer Creates Lower-Cost Printable Solar Cells

Solar cells could soon be produced more cheaply using nanoparticle "inks" that allow them to be printed like newspaper or painted onto the sides of buildings or rooftops to absorb electricity-producing sunlight.

24 Aug 2009

Research Aiding in Development of Artificial Photovoltaic Devices

A Kansas State University professor has a grant to study an area of physical chemistry that will provide more insight into the electronic structure and energy transfer processes in natural and artificial photosynthetic complexes.

24 Aug 2009

Materials Testing Plays Vital Role in Photovoltaic Industry

Solar energy is presently experiencing an enormous upsurge in interest, adding emphasis to the need to optimize efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Materials testing has a vital role to play here, with a multitude of testing options already available to the solar market from leading testing system manufacturer Zwick.

14 Aug 2009

A Tight Fit Helps Energy Transmit

Now, a research team led by Makoto Fujita from the University of Tokyo and Tahei Tahara from the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute has found a simple way to mimic the initial stage of photosynthesis by mechanically trapping a guest molecule inside a cage structure.

13 Aug 2009

Dow Corning Opens Daycare Center in the Indian village Powered by Sunlight

Dow Corning today announced the opening of an anganwadi (daycare center) in the Indian village of Karde that features a 28-panel solar power system. This system generates enough electricity for cooling fans and proper lighting for the anganwadi and an adjacent school that previously had no power. In addition, Dow Corning arranged to have five solar powered street lights installed to make the village safer for students and residents.

6 Aug 2009

U.S. Energy Secretary Delivers $377 million in funding for 46 New EFRCs

In a major effort to accelerate the scientific breakthroughs needed to build a new 21st-century energy economy, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the delivery of $377 million in funding for 46 new multi-million-dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) located at universities, national laboratories, nonprofit organizations, and private firms across the nation.

6 Aug 2009

Converting Light to Electricity using Plastics

A research team headed by David Ginger, a University of Washington associate professor of chemistry, has found a way to make images of tiny bubbles and channels, roughly 10,000 times smaller than a human hair, inside plastic solar cells. These bubbles and channels form within the polymers as they are being created in a baking process, called annealing, that is used to improve the materials' performance.

4 Aug 2009

Shin-Etsu Chemical Introduces New Materials for Both Cell Processing and Installation Modules

Shin-Etsu Chemical, one of the world's largest suppliers of semiconductor materials, has introduced a range of products specifically designed for the PV (photovoltaic) and solar marketplace.

4 Aug 2009

UCSD Begins Producing Electricity with Newly Installed Solar Panels Made by Concentrix Solar

The University of California, San Diego has begun producing electricity with newly installed solar panels made by Concentrix Solar that automatically track the sun as it crosses the daytime sky and concentrates sunlight onto hundreds of electricity-producing solar cells, each smaller than a shirt button.

27 Jul 2009

Italy Sets to Become World's Second Largest PV Market After Germany

An attractive feed-in tariff incentive and rapidly decreasing solar module prices have made Italy the most attractive PV market in the world. This year, Italy is set to become the world's second largest PV market after Germany, the undisputed leader.

27 Jul 2009

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