News tagged with cell properties
Researchers develop a way to funnel solar energy
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using carbon nanotubes (hollow tubes of carbon atoms), MIT chemical engineers have found a way to concentrate solar energy 100 times more than a regular photovoltaic cell. Such nanotubes could ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 12, 2010 |
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New Path To Solar Energy Via Solid-State Photovoltaics
(PhysOrg.com) -- Berkeley Lab researchers have found a new mechanism by which the photovoltaic effect can take place in semiconductor thin-films. This new path to energy production brightens the future for ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 30, 2010 |
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Layered graphene sheets could solve hydrogen storage issues
Graphene -- carbon formed into sheets a single atom thick -- now appears to be a promising base material for capturing hydrogen, according to recent research* at the National Institute of Standards and Technology ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 17, 2010 |
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Smart skin: Electronics that stick and stretch like a temporary tattoo (w/ video)
Engineers have developed a device platform that combines electronic components for sensing, medical diagnostics, communications and human-machine interfaces, all on an ultrathin skin-like patch that mounts ...
Aug 11, 2011 |
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New 3-D photonic crystal has both electronic, optical properties
In an advance that could open new avenues for solar cells, lasers, metamaterials and more, researchers at the University of Illinois have demonstrated the first optoelectronically active 3-D photonic crystal.
Jul 24, 2011 |
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Shining Light on Graphene-Metal Interactions
(PhysOrg.com) -- By controlling the layered growth of graphene - a relatively "new" form of carbon that's just a single atom thick - researchers at Brookhaven National Laboratory have uncovered intriguing ...
Apr 02, 2010 |
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A Straightforward Solution for Increasing Solar Cell Performance
(PhysOrg.com) -- Brookhaven National Laboratory researchers recently demonstrated improved stability and efficiency of a certain type of solar cell by incorporating a commercially available additive into the ...
Apr 29, 2010 |
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Researchers suggest a proximate cause of cancer
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin’s Department of Chemical Engineering are the first to show that mechanical property changes in cells may be responsible for cancer progression ...
Jan 26, 2012 |
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Forcing mismatched elements together could yield better solar cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- In what could be a step toward higher efficiency solar cells, an international team including University of Michigan professors has invalidated the most commonly used model to explain the behavior of a unique ...
Sep 08, 2010 |
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Fresh Pot of Tea Strikes Anticancer Gold
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the University of Missouri-Columbia report in the Journal of Materials Chemistry that chemicals in tea are the best yet discovered to make consistent, biologically safe gold nanoparticles. More i ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Radically simple technique developed to grow conducting polymer thin films
(PhysOrg.com) -- Oil and water don't mix, but add in some nanofibers and all bets are off.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 01, 2010 |
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Size matters: Quantum dots could make solar panels more efficient
(PhysOrg.com) -- Studies done by Mark Lusk and colleagues at the Colorado School of Mines could significantly improve the efficiency of solar cells. Their latest work describes how the size of light-absorbing ...
Mar 25, 2011 |
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New solar cell self-repairs like natural plant systems
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are creating a new type of solar cell designed to self-repair like natural photosynthetic systems in plants by using carbon nanotubes and DNA, an approach aimed at increasing service ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 04, 2011 |
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Infrared Nanotube Films Offer Advantages for Solar Cells and More
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have already known that carbon nanotube thin films have mechanical and conductive advantages that could make them useful as electrodes in solar cells, solid state lighting, and ...
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Designer Nanomaterials On-Demand: Scientists Report Universal Method for Creating Nanoscale Composites
Composites are combinations of materials that produce properties inaccessible in any one material. A classic example of a composite is fiberglass - plastic fibers woven with glass to add strength to hockey ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 19, 2010 |
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