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Advance made in thin-film solar cell technology

Researchers have made an important breakthrough in the use of continuous flow microreactors to produce thin film absorbers for solar cells - an innovative technology that could significantly reduce the cost ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 20, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (17) | comments 9 | with audio podcast




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No future without scarce metals

It is not just in laptop computers, mobile telephones and LED screens that scarce metals are to be found but also in solar cells, batteries for mobile technologies and many other similar applications. The ...

Technology / Other

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

NREL's New Robots Scrutinize Solar Cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- The race to build a better solar cell is looping through the National Renewable Energy Laboratory where new robots are fabricating thin-film cells and analyzing glitches faster and with more ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

It Takes a Solar Village

(PhysOrg.com) -- Rain didn't ruin the 2009 Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C. University teams successfully operated 20 net-zero, grid-connected solar power homes for a week on the National Mall. Some used ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 3

Low-cost solution processing method developed for CIGS-based solar cells

Though the solar industry today predominately produces solar panels made from crystalline silicon, they remain relatively expensive to make. New players in the solar industry have instead been looking at panels that can harvest ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

'Thin-layer' solar cells may bring cheaper 'green' power

Scientists are researching new ways of harnessing the sun’s rays which could eventually make it cheaper for people to use solar energy to power their homes. The experts at Durham University are developing light-absorbing ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Aug 23, 2007 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (17) | comments 0

Two R&D 100 Awards for Biomass and Solar Breakthrough Technologies

Two technologies developed by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory are among this year's most significant innovations, as judged by Research & Development (R&D) Magazine. The Laboratory's tw ...

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created Aug 10, 2004 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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