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Solar discovery sets new record for low-grade silicon

The new technique, patented by UNSW researchers earlier this year, is expected to produce efficiencies between 21% and 23%, says Wenham.
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Microwave Cooks up Solar Cell Material

Nanocrystal SemiConductor for Photovoltaics, Sensor, Heat Reuse...
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NREL Launches Initiative to Build Solar Performance Database

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has launched an initiative to build an open-source database of real-world performance from solar facilities across the country. ...
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New solar-cell design based on dots and wires

MIT researchers improve efficiency of quantum-dot photovoltaic system by adding a forest of nanowires....
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Artificial Leaf: Solar-To-Fuel Roadmap Developed for Crystalline Silicon

Bringing the concept of an "artificial leaf" closer to reality, a team of researchers at MIT has published a detailed analysis of all the factors that could limit the efficiency of such a system. ...
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Research to probe deep within a solar cell

Researchers are the first to use a cutting-edge neutron scattering technique called SERGIS to analyse PCBM....
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NREL and Partners Demonstrate Quantum Dots that Assemble Themselves

Surprising breakthrough could bolster quantum photonics, solar cell efficiency....
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NREL and Stanford Team up on Peel-and-Stick Solar Cells

Devices could charge battery-powered products in the future....
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Award-Winning PV Cell Pushes Efficiency Higher

It takes outside-the-box thinking to outsmart the solar spectrum and set a world record for solar cell efficiency. The solar spectrum has boundaries and immutable rules. No matter how much solar cell manufacturers want to bend those rules, they can't....
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Team develops side-illuminated ultra-efficient solar cell designs

The new cell architecture (above) developed at the David Ben-Gurion National Solar Research Center at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev can exceed an ...
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