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You’re Doing it Wrong! Your Rooftop Solar Panels Aren’t Facing the Right Way
Rootop solar power is a booming business in the United States. It’s getting easier and easier to do financially and technologically. But the least technological aspect of the process, physically...
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Laser processing technology enhances the ability of solar cells to harvest...
Laser processing produces deep ripples in silicon over a wide area — something that could enhance solar cell efficiency. A*STAR scientists have produced a uniform nanoscale ripple pattern over a wide...
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Graphene Could Double Electricity Generated From Solar
The amount of sunlight that hits the Earth every 40 minutes is enough to meet global energy demands for an entire year. The trick, of course, is harnessing it and converting it into useful electricity....
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New family of light-converting materials points to cheaper, more efficient...
A pure perovskite crystal, orange in colour, mounted on a cryostat. Engineers have shone new light on an emerging family of solar-absorbing materials that could clear the way for cheaper and more...
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Researchers use nanotechnology to increase solar power efficiency
Researchers at UT are working to improve the efficiency of solar panels, which could lead to lower energy costs in Texas, according to Brian Korgel, chemical engineering professor. Korgel spoke at the...
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MIT, Stanford researchers develop new kind of tandem solar cell
Researchers at MIT and Stanford University have developed a new kind of solar cell that combines two different layers of sunlight-absorbing material in order to harvest a broader range of the sun’s...
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