Posts Tagged ‘solar cells’
Thursday, June 28th, 2012
An atomic-force microscope image of a layer of single-walled carbon nanotubes deposited on a silicon surface, as the first step in manufacturing the new type of solar cell developed by an MIT team. Individual nanotubes can be seen in the image. Photo: Rishabh Jain et al
A new kind of all-carbon solar cell made from buckyballs (also known as C60) has been discovered by Michael Strano, a MIT researcher, who was formerly involved in several projects such as thermopower waves, carbon nanotube energy storage and other projects related to carbon nanotubes. (more…)
Tags: All-carbon solar cell, solar cells, solar panels, Strano’s Nanotube Solar Cells
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Thursday, June 21st, 2012
AP Photo / Eckehard Schulz
Germany is facing many problems in its solar industries on account of increased competition, pressure on prices and diminishing subsidies. This is a really challenge for the solar production industry in Germany. While the picture seems bleak, some are still hopeful for a positive outcome. (more…)
Tags: Asia, China, Exports, Germany, Industry, Market, solar, solar cells, solar panels
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Monday, June 18th, 2012
Opting for non-conventional energy projects such as solar products is the best way to overcome the shortage of electricity. Utilizing solar energy to its best has proven to be a better option and an alternative for electrical energy. (more…)
Tags: alternatinve energy, renewable energy, solar, solar cells, solar electricity, solar energy, Solar industry, solar panels, Sunlight, SunPower
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Thursday, May 31st, 2012
Hanwha SolarOne Company Ltd. a leading global manufacturer of PV cells and modules in Shanghai, China declared that it faced losses during its first quarter of year the 2012. (more…)
Tags: alternatinve energy, solar cells, solar electricity, solar energy, Solar industry, solar panels, solar power, United States
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Monday, April 30th, 2012
Researchers at the USC (University of Southern California) have developed liquid solar cells that can be printed onto any surface.
The cheap, stable nanocrystal solar cells developed by scientists at USC are just about four nanometers in size, meaning more than 250,000,000,000 of them can fit on the head of a pin. They exist in the form of a liquid ink which can be painted on any clear surface plus can float on a liquid solution. Scientists compare the printing of these liquid solar cells to that of a newspaper.
Researchers Richard L. Brutchey, assistant professor of chemistry at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and USC postdoctoral researcher David H. Webber, who contributed to this project said that a new surface coating made of semiconductor cadmium selenide has been developed for the nanocrystals. International journal for inorganic chemistry Dalton Transactions has published their research as the “hot article” of the month.
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Tags: chemistry, david webber, nanocrystals, natural sciences, publication, richard brutchey, solar cells
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Thursday, April 19th, 2012
On May 21, 2012 Japan will see it first annular solar eclipse in 25 years. To commemorate this occasion, Panasonic has launched “ECLIPSE LIVE FROM FUJIYAMA by SOLAR POWER” project to generate a live broadcast of the solar eclipse from from the top of Mt. Fuji at 3,776 meter-high, the spot closest to the sun in Japan. (more…)
Tags: Japan, Mt. Fuji, Panasonic, solar cells, solar eclipse, solar energy, solar power
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Thursday, March 29th, 2012
Solar power engineering is taking to new heights as researchers around the world invent and reinvent methods to harness solar energy to its best capacity. Until now, improving the performance of photovoltaic cells involved only rearranging the layout of solar panels on a flat surface and bringing down their cost. But now, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are working on avant-garde 3D designs that would look beyond the traditional outlook of arranging cells on a flat surface or motorized structures keeping them pointed towards the sun. (more…)
Tags: 3D solar panels, 3D solar towers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, photovoltaic energy, photovoltaics, Research, solar cells, solar panels, solar power
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Monday, March 19th, 2012
Purdue researcher Rakesh Agrawal is leading work to develop solar cells that might be manufactured using special ink printed onto sheets of a supporting material. The approach could lead to new low-cost solar cells economically competitive with other energy technologies.
Researchers at Purdue University are developing an alternative solution to photovoltaic technologies by manufacturing low-cost solar cells using special ink printed on a supporting material.
With funding from the U.S. Department of Energy, the team of chemical engineers led by Rakesh Agrawal, Purdue University’s Winthrop E. Stone Distinguished Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering, will strive to develop solar cells that could be mass produced at a low cost with limited availability of materials. (more…)
Tags: copper zinc tin sulfide, CZTS, DOE, low-cost solar cells, nanocrystals, photovoltaic cells, photovoltaic technology, Purdue University, Rakesh Agrawal, solar cells, solar electricity, solar energy, solar power, U.S. Department of Energy
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Monday, March 12th, 2012
Photo courtesy of the Lemelson-MIT Program
Meet a new solar cell that can go anywhere with you. It’s amazing to know that your windows, curtains and wallpaper will harvest energy form the sunlight in the future. (more…)
Tags: Chemical Vapour Deposition, clean energy, Lemelson-MIT Student Prize, Miles Barr, solar cells, Sunlight
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Monday, March 5th, 2012
Invention has huge wings by which it can fly in the in-depth universe. With ongoing progress in the field of science, every day is a new day where it’s a rare chance that scientists miss an opportunity to invent a new thing. Amongst various inventions happening at different corners of the world, you might have heard of spherical solar cell, a miraculous thing, which is beyond expectation and assumption. (more…)
Tags: Kyosemi’s Sphelar cells, solar cells, Spherical Cells, Spherical Solar Cells
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