New Efficiency Record for Photovoltaic Cells, Thanks to Heterojunction In the medium term, an investment of only $2500 in photovoltaic cells would suffice to provide more than enough electri... Read more
Boost the cells’ absolute efficiency up to 8.1 percent Researchers from Australia’s Swinburne University of Technology – along with colleagues from Suntech Power Holdings... Read more
Solar cells could become more efficient and less expensive, thanks to the development of tapered nanopillar semiconductors that are narrow at the top and wide at the bottom. Created by chemi... Read more
When most people think of solar cells they picture the rigid glass panels that dot rooftops around the world. But the solar cells of the future will be much more adaptable, with researchers... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Could a solar-powered dirigible be the cargo ship of our peak-oil, carbon-constrained future? If the inventor of the patent pending High Speed Solar Airship is correct,... Read more
Image via Wikipedia When scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) tried to apply their expertise in solar cell technology to build a green LED light from the ground up,... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Some argue that major technical breakthroughs are needed to make electricity from sunshine cheap. Are they right? Do the photovoltaics that can transform sunshine into el... Read more
Image via CrunchBase Here’s how to make a solar cell from silicon: take one solid block of doped silicon, saw it into thin wafers, layer said semiconductors beneath a panel of transpar... Read more
Enough sunlight bathes Earth’s daytime half in an hour to meet all human energy needs for a year. Sadly, there are several problems with meeting human energy demands by tapping such ab... Read more
