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Novel Method Helps Increase Solar Cell Efficiency Using Charged Quantum Dots

Scientists from the University at Buffalo (UB) together with researchers from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory have demonstrated a nanomaterial-based technology to enhance the electrical output of a solar cell by embedding charged quantum dots into it and by improving the lifespan of photoelectrons.

23 Jan 2012

Hollow Cylindrical Luminescent Solar Concentrators Demonstrate High Efficiency

Researchers belonging to the University of California, Merced, have achieved a critical breakthrough in the process of harvesting solar energy. They have modified the design of luminescent solar concentrators so as to increase their efficiency in directing sunlight to solar cells.

21 Jan 2012

Dow Corning Completes Solar Energy Exploration and Development Research Center in Europe

Dow Corning, a global silicone and silicon-based technology and innovation company, has completed a new, advanced research and development center in Seneffe, Belgium.

19 Jan 2012

Transparent Carbon Nanotube Films Hold Potential for Flexible Solar Cells

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the North Dakota State University (NDSU) have together shown the linkage between the durability and flexibility of carbon nanotube coatings and films and their electronic properties.

17 Jan 2012

Novel ALD Method Realizes Fabrication of High-Efficient Solar Cells at Low Cost

Picosun, a provider of advanced atomic layer deposition (ALD) solutions, has announced fruitful final outcomes of ROD-SOL, a three-year, inter-European project funded by the European Union 7th Framework Programme.

3 Jan 2012

Black Silicon Technology Reduces Average Reflectivity of Solar Cells

The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has granted Natcore Technology a patent license agreement for developing and commercializing black silicon products. NREL and Natcore also intend to sign a cooperative research and development agreement for the development of commercial prototypes of NREL's black silicon inventions.

23 Dec 2011

Scientists Create Solar Paint that Uses Quantum Dots to Produce Electricity

A research team led by Prashant Kamat, who serves as an investigator at the Center for Nano Science and Technology (NDnano) of the University of Notre Dame as well as John A. Zahm Professor of Science in Chemistry and Biochemistry, has utilized quantum dots, which are semiconducting nanoparticles, to develop a low-cost solar paint for generating energy.

23 Dec 2011

Researchers at UJI Develop Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

The Photovoltaic and Optoelectronic Devices Group at the Universitat Jaume I (UJI) in Spain has developed dye-sensitized solar cells. These cells are also called as dye solar cells (DSC).

22 Dec 2011

Researchers Achieve World-Record Efficiency for Organic Solar Cells Having Inverted Device Architecture

The Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (IMEC), Polyera and Solvay have achieved a record 8.3% efficiency for organic solar cells having inverted device architecture.

17 Dec 2011

Novel Three-Dimensional Solar Cell with High Conversion Efficiency

Solar3D, a developer of innovative three-dimensional solar cell technology for maximizing conversion of sunlight into electricity, has reported results from its test of a novel design of solar cells.

15 Dec 2011

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