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Dual-stage optics, consisting of a molded 2 X 2 cm primary lens and a secondary, 2 mm ball lens (inset) focus incident sunlight by more than one thousand times.
Industry experts project solar energy electricity generation costs can be lower than coal, natural gas, and nuclear

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign use a printing process to assemble tiny

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Researchers make major advances in dye sensitized solar cells – a cheaper and efficient replacement for platinum

Working on dye-sensitized solar cells – researchers from University Malaya (UM) and National Tsing Hua

Revolutionary solar cells double as lasers

This has great implications for improvements in solar cell efficiency Latest research finds that the

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British scientists develop solar panels which work better on a cloudy day

In a departure from ‘blue sky thinking’ scientists in Britain have developed solar panels that

New material could lead to new touch and display screens doubling up as solar panels
NTU scientists discover material that can be solar cell by day, light panel by night

New material could lead to new touch and display screens doubling up as solar panels

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The World’s Thinnest Solar Cells

Experiments show that this material may be used to create ultrathin flexible solar cells. It

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A way to double the efficiency of solar cells is about to go mainstream

That they have the potential to produce cheaper electricity than coal-fired generators can SUNLIGHT is

Researchers Find Simple, Cheap Way to Increase Solar Cell Efficiency

Their modification can increase solar cell efficiency by more than 30 percent. Researchers from North

RUB researchers make bio-based solar cell breakthrough

Researchers at Ruhr-Universitat Bochum have created a bio-based solar cell capable of generating a continuous

Could Revolutionize Solar Energy: Quantum waves at the heart of organic solar cells

Researchers have been able to tune ‘coherence’ in organic nanostructures due to the surprise discovery

Research team finds way to make solar cells thin, efficient and flexible

Converting sunshine into electricity is not difficult, but doing so efficiently and on a large

Penn and Drexel Team Demonstrates New Paradigm for Solar Cell Construction

New paradigm for solar cell construction which may ultimately make them less expensive, easier to

Big beats bolster solar cell efficiency

The researchers grew billions of tiny rods (nanorods) made from zinc oxide, then covered them

Low-Priced Plastic Photovoltaics

New Approach to Making Cheaper, More Efficient Solar Panels Photovoltaic devices, which tap the power

Cleaner and greener cities with integrated transparent solar cells

High power conversion of new solar cells that are thin, flexible, and transparent makes them