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Researchers Print OLEDs and Solar Cells

Time is slowly running out for bulky television sets, boxy neon signs and the square-edged backlit displays we all know from shops and airports. It won't be long before families gathering together to watch television at home will be calling out: "Unroll the screen, dear, the film's about to start!" And members of the public may soon encounter screens everywhere they go, as almost any surface can be made into a display.

18 Nov 2013

Bi-Facial Solar Cells Absorb Sun’s Thermal Radiation for Generating Power

Thermal radiation from the sun is largely lost on most silicon solar cells. Up-converters transform the infrared radiation into usable light, however. Researchers have now for the first time successfully adapted this effect for use in generating power.

5 Nov 2013

New Market Forecast Report on Concentrated Photovoltaics Technology

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "CPV(Concentrated Photovoltaics) Technology and Market Forecast (2009-2020)" report to their offering.

10 Oct 2013

NPL and e-Luminate Foundation Host ‘Energy and Lighting Showcase’

On 12 September 2013, the e-Luminate Foundation hosted an ‘Energy and Lighting Showcase’ at the Hauser Forum, Cambridge, in partnership with the Centre for Carbon Measurement at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL).

21 Sep 2013

World Intellectual Property Organization Publishes Patent Application of Solar3D Solar Cell

Solar3D, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough 3-dimensional solar cell technology to maximize the conversion of sunlight into electricity, today announced the World Intellectual Property Organization, in Geneva, Switzerland, has published the patent application of the Solar3D Solar Cell.

7 Sep 2013

Solar Cells Researcher, Michael Grätzel, Awarded 2013 Marcel Benoist Prize

Michael Grätzel, known for his work on dye-sensitized solar cells, is the recipient of the 2013 Benoist prize.

31 Aug 2013

Building Turbines Awarded LED Lighting Retrofit and Solar Parking Garage Projects

Building Turbines, Inc. is proud to announce that through Green City Planet; they have not only introduced a new Solar product line; but have been awarded their first nearly $1M lease project, financed through Nsite Investment Group LTD.

31 Aug 2013

New Method to Ease Electron Traffic Jam in Organic Photovoltaics

Sunlight absorbed by organic solar cells must first navigate a nanoscale gauntlet before becoming useable electricity. After hitting the light-absorbing material of the solar cell, called the photoactive layer, absorbed sunlight excites electrons, freeing them to find their way through a maze filled with twists, turns, dead-ends, and collisions.

31 Aug 2013

Solar3D’s New 3-Dimensional Solar Cell Prototype Delivers 10% More Power

Solar3D, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough 3-dimensional solar cell technology to maximize the conversion of sunlight into electricity, today announced that its newest prototype is producing almost 10% more power than the earlier version of its advanced solar cell.

17 Jul 2013

New Report Assesses Technology and Markets for Organic Photovoltaics

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Organic Photovoltaics (OPV) 2013-2023: Technologies, Markets, Players" report to their offering.

9 Jul 2013