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- Solar Cell Breakthrough Could Unlock Cheaper Energy Fri, 20 Jun 14, 7:06amA new breakthrough in the design of silicon-based solar cells has seen a 20-year-old efficiency record broken by not one, but three companies. Presenting at the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference in Denver, Panasonic...
- Groundbreaking Solar Cell Design Improvement Could Lead to Cheaper Energy Fri, 20 Jun 14, 2:00amA new breakthrough in the design of silicon-based solar cells has seen a 20-year-old efficiency record broken by not one, but three companies. Presenting at the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference in Denver, Panasonic...
- Student-Designed Solar Car Smashes World Speed Record Sat, 8 Jan 11, 5:32amAt 10:30 this morning in Australia, the Sunswift IVy solar car soared past the world record for the fastest solar car, traveling at more than 88km/h. Designed and built by students at the University of New South Wales, the...
- Spray-On Solar Cells Come One Step Closer to Reality Sat, 3 Apr 10, 1:01amEver think about how amazing it would be if tech as complex as solar cells could be simply sprayed onto a surface? A group of researchers found that a common organic semiconductor may make that situation a reality...
- New Silicon Nanorod Solar Cells Use 99% Less Material Tue, 16 Feb 10, 5:40amInstead of investing in solar cell architectures that require entirely new manufacturing processes, wouldn’t it be easiest to build on what we have? That’s part of the thinking behind a new type of silicon nanorod...