http://www.huliq.com/tags/solar-cells The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.huliq.com/11/86155/carbon-nanotubes-can-make-solar-cells Using a carbon nanotube instead of traditional silicon, Cornell researchers have created the basic elements of a solar cell that hopefully will lead to much more efficient ways of converting light to electricity than now used in calculators and on rooftops. http://www.huliq.com/11/86155/carbon-nanotubes-can-make-solar-cells#comments Science Carbon Nanotubes Solar Cells Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:39:42 -0500 harminka 86155 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/11/82723/efficiency-factor-solar-cells-and-sensitive-bioanalysis-improved The efficiency factor of solar cells is crucial for the success of generating electricity from sunlight. Systems in which light is concentrated 400-fold through lenses onto solar cells are proving to be particularly advantageous. This concentrator technology enables expensive semi-conductor material to be replaced with cheaper lens systems, and greater efficiency to be achieved. http://www.huliq.com/11/82723/efficiency-factor-solar-cells-and-sensitive-bioanalysis-improved#comments Science Solar Cells Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:42:18 -0500 harminka 82723 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/11/81534/solar-cells-are-competitive Solar electricity has a future: It is renewable and available in unlimited quantities, and it does not produce any gases detrimental to the climate. Its only drawback right now is the price: the electric power currently being produced by solar cells in northern Europe must be subsidized if it is to compete against the household electricity generated by traditional power plants. http://www.huliq.com/11/81534/solar-cells-are-competitive#comments Science Renewable Energy Solar Cells Solar Electric Technology Fri, 29 May 2009 11:54:33 -0500 harminka 81534 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/11/77610/powering-future-solar-cells-meter World leading research from CSIRO’s Future Manufacturing Flagship as part of the Victorian Organic Solar Cell Consortium (VICOSC) aims to develop flexible, large area, cost-effective, reel-to-reel printable plastic solar cells. http://www.huliq.com/11/77610/powering-future-solar-cells-meter#comments Science Solar Cells solar power Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:57:48 -0600 harminka 77610 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/11/77583/cheaper-materials-could-be-key-low-cost-solar-cells Unconventional 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, according to a new study from the Energy and Resources Group and the Department of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). http://www.huliq.com/11/77583/cheaper-materials-could-be-key-low-cost-solar-cells#comments Health Solar Cells solar power Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:03:24 -0600 harminka 77583 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/11/77265/natural-solar-collectors-butterfly-wings-inspire-more-powerful-solar-cells The discovery that butterfly wings have scales that act as tiny solar collectors has led scientists in China and Japan to design a more efficient solar cell that could be used for powering homes, businesses, and other applications in the future. http://www.huliq.com/11/77265/natural-solar-collectors-butterfly-wings-inspire-more-powerful-solar-cells#comments Science butterfly wings Solar Cells solar power Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:49:04 -0600 harminka 77265 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/11/76260/discovery-brings-organic-solar-cells-step-closer Inexpensive solar cells, vastly improved medical imaging techniques and lighter and more flexible television screens are among the potential applications envisioned for organic electronics. http://www.huliq.com/11/76260/discovery-brings-organic-solar-cells-step-closer#comments Science Medical Imaging Solar Cells Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:05:32 -0600 harminka 76260 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/11/75012/enhancing-solar-cells-nanoparticles Deriving plentiful electricity from sunlight at a modest cost is a challenge with immense implications for energy, technology, and climate policy. A paper in a special energy issue of Optics Express, the Optical Society's (OSA) open-access journal, describes a relatively new approach to solar cells: lacing them with nanoscopic metal particles. http://www.huliq.com/11/75012/enhancing-solar-cells-nanoparticles#comments Science nanoparticles Solar Cells Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:53:27 -0600 harminka 75012 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/11/73776/sharp-sign-agreement-production-thin-film-solar-cells Sharp to Sign Joint Venture Agreement for Photovoltaic Power Generation Business and MOU for Production of Thin-Film Solar Cells with Italian Power Company, Enel http://www.huliq.com/11/73776/sharp-sign-agreement-production-thin-film-solar-cells#comments Business Sharp Solar Cells Solar Photovoltaic Systems Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:45:32 -0600 harminka 73776 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/11/73478/boosting-power-solar-cells New ways of squeezing out greater efficiency from solar photovoltaic cells are emerging from computer simulations and lab tests conducted by a team of physicists and engineers at MIT. http://www.huliq.com/11/73478/boosting-power-solar-cells#comments Science Solar Cells solar power Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:41:26 -0600 harminka 73478 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/2433/72855/non-polluting-european-parliament-2020-solar-power Parliamentary work by 2020 would reduce by 30% its emissions of carbon footprint. http://www.huliq.com/2433/72855/non-polluting-european-parliament-2020-solar-power#comments Technology Alternative Energy Clean Energy energy dependency green hot water Renewable Energy Solar Cells Solar Eenergy Storage solar power Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:23:02 -0600 medbook 72855 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/11/72377/tiny-solar-cells-built-power-microscopic-machines Some of the tiniest solar cells ever built have been successfully tested as a power source for even tinier microscopic machines. An article in the inaugural issue of the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy (JRSE), published by the American Institute of Physics (AIP), describes an inch-long array of 20 of these cells -- each one about a quarter the size of a lowercase "o" in a standard 12-point font. http://www.huliq.com/11/72377/tiny-solar-cells-built-power-microscopic-machines#comments Science machines Solar Cells Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:52:37 -0600 harminka 72377 at http://www.huliq.com