Prototype boosts production of versatile fibers fourfold, while cutting energy consumption by 92 percent. Nanofibers — polymer filaments only a couple of hundred nanometers in diameter — hav... Read more
Unprecedented fill factors of 80 percent come close to that of silicon solar cells Energy consumption is growing rapidly in the 21st century, with rising energy costs and sustainabili... Read more
“We have developed a material that absorbs infrared and is all transparent to the visible light.” One of the holy grails of solar cell technology may have been found, with researchers at UCL... Read more
They can be produced in high volume at low cost UCLA researchers have developed a new transparent solar cell that is an advance toward giving windows in homes and other buildings the ability... Read more
Image via Wikipedia The idea of boosting the performance of solar cells by coating them with a textured substrate is commonly used in silicon-based cells. The idea is to traps more light so... Read more