Artificial Electronic ‘Super Skin’ Powered By Stretchable Solar Cells

Zhenan Bao, Stanford researcher, is keen to create “Super skin.” Taking her previously created super-sensitive sensor a step ahead, she is now creating a super skin that will be self-powered with renewable clean solar energy. Bao and her team have designed polymer solar cells that are flexible and can be stretched to power the Posted in: Inventions , PhotoVoltaics , Solar Power

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Laser ‘Scribing’ to Increase Solar Cell Efficiency

Over the years, thanks to the devoted research work going on for increasing the efficiency of solar cells, today solar cells are no longer flat shaped or unyielding. Ultra thin film-type solar cells have now been manufactured which are quite flexible and adaptable for use in corners, curvilinear and other structures. Today almost 20% Posted in: Future Energy , PhotoVoltaics , Solar Power

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Inexpensive full-spectrum solar cells on the horizon

Third band gap increases spectrum utilization Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed a new solar cell that utilizes all wavelengths of light and can be produced using current techniques. This last part is the important part, since full-spectrum solar cells have been developed before, but they’ve been very expensive to make. The Related posts: IBM developing inexpensive solar cells made from available materials Rainbow solar cells? New super thin solar cells absorb ten times the amount of light

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Light funnels – a new way to concentrate solar power

Solar Funnel created by MIT researchers. This filament contains about 30 million carbon nanotubes. An MIT research team has found a way to concentrate light using carbon nanotubes that could lead to greatly improved solar cells. Using the carbon nanotubes, the team was able to concentrate solar energy 100 times more than a regular Related posts: Rainbow solar cells? More Efficient Nano Solar Cells Could Nanotech “Coaxial Cable” Increase Solar Cell Efficiency?

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Wild Swings In Solar Cells Market Could Impact Solar Companies

Makers of solar cells, as well as PV installers and other supply chain participants that cant deftly manage these inventory swings, may risk being stuck with bloated stockpiles that could drive up their costs and put them at a major competitive disadvantage that will be impossible to overcome, he added.

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Solyndra gets deal to put solar panels on Southern California big box stores

Solyndra, makers of cylindrical thin film solar cells, this week signed a deal with Southern California Edison (SCE) to install solar systems on the roofs of 18 big box retail stores and industrial buildings. When complete in 2011, the photovoltaic solar arrrays will provide 16.2 megawatts of electricity for SCE. It’s been a busy month for Related posts: Solyndra adds to its contracts with a $189m SunConnex deal Solyndra snags $535 million federal loan guarantee and boosts performance of its cylindrical solar panels Kohl’s department stores to go solar in California

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Hybrid Organic Solar Cells Now More Efficient

Success greets the research team of National Research Council’s National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT) and the University of Alberta. The plastic solar cells have now an operating life of 8 months instead of mere hours. And they are low-cost, environmentally efficient, unsealed plastic dollar cells – a green energy source. Developing economically viable plastic Posted in: Industry , PhotoVoltaics , Solar Power

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Breakthrough in Thin-Film Solar Cells

Scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have come out with positive news about increased efficiency of thin-film solar cells. As we know that scientists are trying to increase the efficiency of the solar cells so that they can be considered as serious alternative to the fossil fuels. Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Posted in: Inventions , PhotoVoltaics , Solar Power

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Ink used in blue jeans may lead more efficient solar cells

Cornell University researchers are working on a way to reduce the cost and increase the efficiency of solar cells by building an organic framework using the same type of dyes that are used for blue jeans. These common organic dyes, called phthalocyanines, are very similar in structure to chlorophyll, which is the compound in Related posts: Make your own solar cells Physorg.com: V-shaped solar cells could lead to better efficiency Blue Square Energy gets more efficient solar cells out of cheaper grade silicon

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GE’s new hybrid water heater cuts energy use, wins awards

GE GeoSpring hybrid hot water heater General Electric’s new GeoSpring hybrid water heater has won first place in the Edison Best New Products Awards in the Lifestyle and Social Impact category. GE won the award because its new water heater cuts the cost of water heating in the average home by more than 50%. Related posts: Battery firm Ener1 predicts hybrid price cuts Solar Power that gives you both electricity and hot water Spire Corp wins patent to make better solar cells using nanotech

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