News articles tagged with 'photovoltaic'
3-D system based on optical fibre could provide new options for photovoltaics
— 3 Nov 2009 11:08 | TechnologyConverting sunlight to electricity might no longer mean large panels of photovoltaic cells atop flat surfaces like roofs... — full story
Lower-cost solar cells to be printed like newspaper, painted on rooftops
— 24 Aug 2009 16:20 | TechnologySolar cells could soon be produced more cheaply using nanoparticle 'inks' that allow them to be printed like newspaper or painted onto the sides of buildings or rooftops to absorb electricity-producing... — full story
Nanopillars promise cheap, efficient, flexible solar cells
— 10 Jul 2009 15:43 | TechnologyResearchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley have demonstrated a way to fabricate efficient solar... — full story
Students to provide Kenyan medical clinic with electric power
— 10 Apr 2009 13:54 | TechnologyAn engineering student design team at Virginia Tech is creating a photovoltaic system to provide a medical clinic in Kenya with a desperately needed source of power... — full story
3-D surface treatment boosts solar cell efficiency
— 25 Mar 2009 15:16 | TechnologyUsing two different types of chemical etching to create features at both the micron and nanometre size scales, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a surface... — full story
Getting into hot water
— 9 Mar 2009 15:00 | TechnologyAn analysis of the engineering and economics for a solar water-heating system shows it to have a payback period of just two years, according to researchers in India. They report, in... — full story
The ultimate in 'green' energy: plants inspire new generation of solar cells
— 26 Feb 2009 14:30 | TechnologyThe ability of plants to turn sunlight into energy through photosynthesis has been successfully mimicked by scientists at the University of Southampton to produce a new generation of... — full story
Cheaper materials could be key to low-cost solar cells
— 19 Feb 2009 09:44 | TechnologyUnconventional solar cell materials that are as abundant but much less costly than silicon and other semiconductors in use today could substantially reduce the cost of solar photovoltaics,... — full story
Hybrid materials for future solar cells
— 4 Nov 2008 18:20 | TechnologyThe Instituto Madrileno de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA Nanoscience) collaborates together with the University of Hamburg in the development of composite materials based... — full story
Record high performance with new solar cells
— 3 Nov 2008 15:52 | TechnologyResearchers in China and Switzerland are reporting the highest efficiency ever for a promising new genre of solar cells, which many scientists think offer the best hope for making the... — full story