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Butterfly wing inspires photovoltaics: Light absorption can be enhanced by up to 200 percent
Sunlight reflected by solar cells is lost as unused energy. The wings of the butterfly Pachliopta aristolochiae are drilled by...
Nov 14, 20172 min read


Think laterally to sidestep production problems
Super thin photovoltaic devices underpin solar technology and gains in the efficiency of their production are therefore keenly sought....
Oct 17, 20172 min read


TU Delft researcher makes alcohol out of thin air
It may sound too good to be true, but TU Delft PhD-student Ming Ma (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands) has found a way to...
Oct 10, 20173 min read


Magnetic electrodes increase solar cell efficiency
An international research group led by the Ikerbasque researcher Luis Hueso (leader of CIC nanoGUNE's Nanodevices Group), and which has...
Sep 29, 20172 min read


Scientists make atoms-thick Post-It notes for solar cells and circuits
Over the past half-century, scientists have shaved silicon films down to just a wisp of atoms in pursuit of smaller, faster electronics....
Sep 21, 20172 min read


A low-cost method for solar-thermal conversion that's simpler and greener
Researchers led by Yuan Yang, assistant professor of materials science and engineering at Columbia Engineering, along with colleagues at...
Aug 29, 20174 min read
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