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Chemistry World
November 6, 2013
James Urquhart
Jingle cells are rocking on sunshine UK researchers have shown how solar cell efficiency can be boosted by up to 50% by harnessing acoustic vibrations in the environment, including those caused by roof-top machinery, traffic and even pop music. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
September 2, 2014
Jon Cartwright
Flexible solar cell woven into fabric There could soon be a way to power wearable electronics indefinitely, now that scientists in China have developed a solar cell 'textile' that could be woven into clothes. mark for My Articles similar articles
IEEE Spectrum
July 2007
Suhas Sreedhar
Plastic Solar Cells Get a Boost by Doubling Up Scientists in Korea and California have invented a new way of boosting the efficiency of cheap plastic solar cells, making them more competitive with traditional silicon solar cells. The key is to make the solar cells in pairs. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2008
Grace V. Jean
Harnessing the Sun's Energy Through Transparent Photovoltaics Researchers here have developed a small transparent solar cell prototype that may one day capture sunlight streaming in through a window and produce enough electricity to power homes and office buildings. mark for My Articles similar articles
Technology Research News
December 29, 2004
Solar Cell Teams Plastic and Carbon Researchers have fabricated an inexpensive, plastic-based solar cell that has the potential to be fairly efficient mark for My Articles similar articles
Technology Research News
August 25, 2004
Photosynthesis Drives Solar Cell Researchers have mixed biology and electronics in solar cells that use photosynthetic spinach leaf molecules or photosynthetic bacteria to convert light to electricity. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
August 8, 2011
Rebecca Brodie
A Solar Torch to Fit in Your Back Pocket A solar powered torch the size of a credit card has been developed by a team of scientists from Denmark, the Netherlands and the US. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
March 2, 2012
Holly Sheahan
Piezoelectricity improves solar cell efficiency US researchers have come up with an explanation for their recent results that show that introducing piezoelectric semiconductor nanowires into solar cells improves their efficiency. mark for My Articles similar articles
Technology Research News
December 1, 2004
Kimberly Patch
Solar Cell Doubles as Battery Scientists have designed a single, compact device that can both convert solar energy to electricity and store the electricity. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2012
Eric Beidel
Scientists Make Quantum Leap in Solar Power In its quest for alternative sources of power, the military has been turning to solar panels. The services have been trying them out on installations and on the backs of troops. mark for My Articles similar articles
CIO
August 15, 2002
Justine Brown
Portable Plastic Power What if you could power portable electronics anywhere you could access solar energy? That's the scenario two researchers at the University of California at Berkeley imagined when they developed a new generation of solar cells that combine nanotechnology with plastic electronics. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
October 16, 2012
Ross McLaren
The future of fashion Researchers from the Republic of Korea have developed an energy harvesting device that can be incorporated into clothing to allow the wearer to generate electricity as they move and from static build-up in their clothing. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
June 19, 2014
William Bergius
Organic solar cells reach manufacturing milestone Scientists in Denmark have devised a rapid, scalable and industrially viable way to manufacture large sheets of flexible organic tandem solar cells. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
April 18, 2013
Yuandi Li
Reducing the cost of perovskite solar cells A new way of making semiconducting perovskite-based solar cells could result in photovoltaic devices that are 70% cheaper than current commercial models, say UK scientists. mark for My Articles similar articles
Technology Research News
March 12, 2003
Kimberly Patch
Cheap solar power on deck Researchers from the University of California at Santa Barbara have come up with a new type of solar cell that may be much less expensive to manufacture than today's solar cells and can be improved to be nearly as efficient. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
June 17, 2010
Hayley Birch
Keeping the heat up for super-efficient solar cells US scientists have found a way to siphon off the 'hot' electrons that are responsible for much of the energy lost in current solar cells. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
May 1, 2009
Michael Gross
Efficient solar cells could work in tandem Researchers in Sweden have more than doubled the efficiency of a dye-based solar energy device. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
January 19, 2012
Elinor Richards
Korean doors inspire new energy converter In a setup resembling traditional Korean doors, scientists from Korea have made dye-sensitised solar cells that are bendy enough to be rolled around a pen and twisted, while maintaining their energy conversion efficiency at 90% of that of the flat form. mark for My Articles similar articles
Technology Research News
December 31, 2003
Electroplating boosts solar cells While not yet ready for practical use, researchers find that including titania in solar cell dyes can increase efficiency. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
February 6, 2006
Jon Evans
Head-to-Tail Monomers Improve Solar Cell Efficiency A team of researchers found that the P3HT polymer chains stacked together more tightly in high RR films, which made them absorb more light and let electrons travel more easily through them. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
November 7, 2012
Simon Hadlington
World's first all-carbon solar cell Researchers in the US and China have built a photovoltaic cell made entirely from carbon. The electrodes and light-active layers are made from a combination of three carbon allotropes -- nanotubes, fullerenes and graphene. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
May 21, 2015
Matthew Gunther
Research shines light on perovskite solar cell manufacturing Scientists in South Korea who broke the efficiency record for a perovskite solar cell earlier this year have come up with a new method to manufacture them. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
February 5, 2010
Cassie Rodenberg
Solar-Powered Circuits Charge by Sunlight in Real-Time Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania unveiled the world's first solar-powered circuit in a January edition of ACS Nano. The technology shows particular promise for touchscreen devices mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
January 19, 2012
Rebecca Brodie
Efficiently harvesting the power of the sun Scientists from Japan and India have created a dye-sensitised solar cell with the highest recorded efficiency of 11.4%, breaking the record set five years ago. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
February 19, 2013
Andy Extance
Insulator pile shows solar potential Stacks of insulating transition metal oxides could effectively convert sunlight into electricity. A team in Austria, has calculated that layering LaVO 3 on a SrTiO 3 base could also deliver advantages conventional semiconductors can't. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
October 18, 2006
Jack Uldrich
Sharp Magnifies Its Focus on Solar Four new initiatives could extend the company's manufacturing lead in solar cells. Investors interested in solar should keep an eye on the company. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
May 5, 2011
Mike Brown
Turn on, tune in, power up A nanoscale antenna that can collect light and convert it into a current shows promise for energy harvesting applications, say its US developers. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
January 29, 2010
Andy Extance
Polymer nanofibres smash energy record Nanogenerators that can scavenge energy from movement have come a step closer, after researchers in the US, Germany and China described the most efficient examples of such devices yet made. mark for My Articles similar articles
IndustryWeek
May 1, 2007
Jill Jusko
A Better Way To Manufacture Flexible Solar Cells Researchers create technique for making flexible solar cells. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
February 15, 2007
Mike Norman
Shining a Light on Solar Power The use of solar energy for heating and for generating electricity is not new. However, the rise in oil prices and efforts to find clean, renewable energy sources are beginning to make this area an investor favorite. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
July 31, 2008
Breakthrough Catalyst for Splitting Water Scientists say they have solved a fundamental problem hampering renewable energy generation - how to split water cheaply into oxygen and hydrogen, under benign conditions, so that the gases can be stored as fuels. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
July 24, 2006
Killugudi Jayaraman
Plastic Solar Cells Make Light Work Solar cells based on organic semiconductors instead of silicon could potentially turn wall paints into a source of electricity, but their low efficiency is a major roadblock. Scientists now believe they have a new approach to boosting the output from polymer cells. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
June 24, 2011
Rebecca Brodie
Nanogenerators for environmental sensors A nanomaterial-based, self-powered sensor that detects mercury in water has been developed by teams from the US and Korea. mark for My Articles similar articles
IEEE Spectrum
June 2010
Peter Fairley
GE Warms Up to Cadmium Solar Cells Plans to compete with First Solar and other leaders in 2011 mark for My Articles similar articles
Technology Research News
December 11, 2002
Kimberly Patch
Material soaks up the sun The semiconductor indium nitride got a raw deal a few decades back when it was misclassified as a mediocre photovoltaic. It turns out the stuff could be a champ at changing sunlight into electricity. If all goes according to plan, indium nitride will make for more efficient solar cells. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
December 5, 2006
Michael Gross
Hydrogen Generation Mimics Photosynthesis Hydrogen is often touted as an environmentally-friendly fuel -- but the gas is only as clean as the method used to make it. Now, however, scientists have invented a solar-powered method for splitting water which they claim is the most efficient to date. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
September 6, 2004
Otis Port
Another Dawn For Solar Power Tech breakthroughs and high energy prices are rekindling the industry. mark for My Articles similar articles
IEEE Spectrum
August 2011
Neil Savage
Solar Cell Breaks Efficiency Record Recycling photons raises the energy output. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
January 7, 2016
Matthew Gunther
Stable caesium-doped perovskites boost silicon solar cells The caesium-doped lattice also has the potential to increase the efficiency of a conventional silicon solar cell when placed on top. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
February 26, 2009
Nina Notman
Analysis hints at solar energy alternatives Materials such as iron sulfide, copper sulfide and copper oxide could trump today's silicon solar cells in terms of cost, and in terms of rapid production at the scale needed for solar cells. mark for My Articles similar articles
IEEE Spectrum
October 2007
Neil Savage
Nanowire Silicon Solar Cell for Powering Small Circuits A new type of solar cell made from a nanometer-scale wire might one day provide an on-chip power source for nanoelectronic devices or run microscopic robots, say scientists. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
February 10, 2014
Polly Wilson
Putting the power in power-dressing Scientists in the UK developing wearable electronics have knitted a flexible fabric that delivers twice the power output of current energy harvesting textiles. mark for My Articles similar articles
IEEE Spectrum
September 2012
Richard Stevenson
Tapping the Power of 100 Suns Concentrated solar power will keep future armies on the march mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
October 29, 2015
Matthew Gunther
Thin film perovskite solar cell passes the efficiency test A team of scientists has manufactured the first thin film perovskite solar cell with a reported efficiency that has been officially recognized by an accredited national test laboratory. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
January 20, 2014
James Urquhart
Tracing paper boost for solar cells A piece of transparent paper made from wood-based cellulose fibers is an unlikely addition to a solar cell that actually increases its efficiency. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
April 30, 2014
Tim Wogan
High efficiency solar cells stack up A new high efficiency solar cell that is easier and potentially cheaper to produce than current designs has been demonstrated by US researchers. mark for My Articles similar articles
Technology Research News
March 10, 2004
Eric Smalley
Red wine mends solar cells Researchers from the University of Toledo have found a way to increase energy production using red wine. mark for My Articles similar articles
Technology Research News
May 19, 2004
Kimberly Patch
Solar Crystals Get 2-for-1 Ordinary solar cells are designed to generate one electron for every photon they absorb. Solar cells made from nanocrystals open another possibility -- two electrons for every photon -- that promises to boost the potential amount of energy that can be harvested from the sun. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
December 7, 2006
Jack Uldrich
Boeing Basks in the Sun A new solar breakthrough could expand a subsidiary's business. Investors, take note. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
February 13, 2008
Simon Hadlington
Clothes Power up Thanks to Nanowires Researchers in the US have invented a yarn that can generate electricity simply by being bent or twisted. mark for My Articles similar articles