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Cheaper solar cells with 20.2% efficiency
EPFL scientists have developed a solar-panel material that can cut down on photovoltaic costs while achieving competitive...
Jan 19, 20162 min read


Nano connects with US renewable energy project
A major renewable energy and water management project in Holtville, California will build on a collaboration between Infratech Industries...
Dec 22, 20153 min read


Nanostructured germanium for portable photovoltaics and battery electrodes
New approaches for hybrid solar cells Using a new procedure researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Ludwig...
Dec 7, 20153 min read


Storing electricity in paper
One sheet, 15 centimetres in diameter and a few tenths of a millimetre thick can store as much as 1 F, which is similar to the...
Dec 4, 20153 min read


New plastic solar cell minimizes loss of photon energy
A Japanese research team demonstrates an unconventional means to achieve more efficient and robust conversion of solar energy into...
Dec 2, 20152 min read


Entanglement at heart of 'two-for-one' fission in next-generation solar cells
The mechanism behind a process known as singlet fission, which could drive the development of highly efficient solar cells, has been...
Oct 27, 20153 min read
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