News tagged with plastic solar

Life of plastic solar cell jumps from hours to 8 months

A team of researchers from the University of Alberta and the National Institute for Nanotechnology has extended the operating life of an unsealed plastic solar cell, from mere hours to eight months.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 21, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (22) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

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 ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Apr 29, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Purple Pokeberries hold secret to affordable solar power worldwide

the weeds that children smash to stain their cheeks purple-red and that Civil War soldiers used to write letters home - could be the key to spreading solar power across the globe, according to researchers at Wake Forest University's ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 29, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (30) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

3 finalists in prize for technology breakthroughs

(AP) -- Three European inventors who helped create illuminated wallpapers, tiny fast processors in mobile phones, and cheap, high-performance cells used in solar panels are finalists in the euro1.1 million ($1.5 million) ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Apr 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Wake Forest earns patent for efficient, inexpensive fiber-based solar cells

Wake Forest University has received the first patent for a new solar cell technology that can double the energy production of today's flat cells at a fraction of the cost.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 07, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 3

Plastic electronics could slash the cost of solar panels

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new technique developed by Princeton University engineers for producing electricity-conducting plastics could dramatically lower the cost of manufacturing solar panels.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 30, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (29) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Major advance in organic solar cells

Professor Guillermo Bazan and a team of postgraduate researchers at UC Santa Barbara's Center for Polymers and Organic Solids (CPOS) today announced a major advance in the synthesis of organic polymers for plastic solar cells. ...

Chemistry / Polymers

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (17) | comments 0

Solar Cell Researcher Explores Nanotech Ideas

(PhysOrg.com) -- A UT Dallas researcher envisions a time soon when plastic sheets of solar cells are inexpensively stamped out in factories and then affixed to cell phones, laptops and other power-hungry mobile ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Plastics that convert light to electricity could have a big impact

University of Washington researchers have found a way to measure exactly how much electrical current is carried by tiny bubbles and channels that form inside nanoscale solar cells, paving the way for development ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (13) | comments 5

Powering the future -- solar cells by the meter

(PhysOrg.com) -- Trials commencing today promise a new era of solar cells that are printed like money.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 19, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 3

Solarmer Energy expects sun to shine on Chicago invention

Solarmer Energy Inc. is developing plastic solar cells for portable electronic devices that will incorporate technology invented at the University of Chicago.

Chemistry /

created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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