Low-cost, high efficiency solar cells to be made from virtually any semiconductor material A technology that would enable low-cost, high efficiency solar cells to be made from virtually any... Read more
The team is now looking to find new applications for this technology. Borrowing technology from sophisticated telescope mirrors as well as high-efficiency solar cells used for space explorat... Read more
Monarch hopes that an installed cost of under US$9,000 per Lotus can be achieved This rather novel solar collector draws inspiration from the lotus flower to provide small-scale solar... Read more
It may have made another sort of mistake in solar energy The company had a head start on technology that allows solar cells to be manufactured more cheaply, but lost out to Chinese co... Read more
In a new, more efficient approach to solar powered microelectronics, researchers have produced a microchip which directly integrates photovoltaic cells. While harnessing sunlight to power mi... Read more