Sentences with phrase «cell achieved an efficiency»

Disappointingly, the cell achieved an efficiency of less than 1 percent.

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«It features a low volume circular flotation cell, coupled with a high efficiency air - dissolving reactor, to achieve 95 per cent air saturation.
These semiconductors can be used as an optical absorber material in solar cells, but so far have only achieved a maximum efficiency of 12.6 per cent, while solar cells made of copper - indium - gallium - selenide (CIGS) already attain efficiencies of over 20 percent.
«In theory, conventional single - junction solar cells can only achieve an efficiency level of about 34 percent, but in practice they don't achieve that,» said study co-author Paul Braun, a professor of materials science at Illinois.
Today, PV cells can achieve efficiency rates over 44 percent by combining layers of different elements (gallium, germanium and indium, among others) that together generate electricity from across the spectrum, from ultraviolet to infrared radiation.
Researchers think they may soon do even better — perhaps achieving 30 % efficiency — by integrating perovskites with conventional silicon solar cells.
«By gaining direct access to the cytoplasm of the cell we have achieved genetic reprogramming at an incredible high efficiency.
Essentially, they created what is known as a quantum dot photoelectrochemical cell that catalytically achieved quantum efficiency for hydrogen gas production exceeding 100 % — in the case of their experiments an efficiency approaching 114 %.
The new perovskite solar cells have achieved an efficiency of 20.1 per cent and can be manufactured at low temperatures, which reduces the cost and expands the number of possible applications.
Yesterday, Spectrolab announced that its newest triple - junction solar cells had achieved the world record in efficiency, converting 41.6 percent of specially concentrated sunlight into electricity.
If this level of efficiency is possible to achieve in a fuel cell, the amount of required platinum would be comparable to what is used in an ordinary car catalytic converter.
An efficiency of 32.5 % was achieved using a gallium indium phosphide (GaInP) top cell, which is a similar structure to the previous record efficiency of 29.8 % announced in January 2016.
The new solar cell achieved 40.7 percent efficiency under such concentrated light at the testing center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado.
«We have seen that after many measurements greater efficiency is achieved in the cells installed in series than in the ones fitted in parallel,» added the researcher.
To do this, the first step was to optimize the production process of cells based on different polymers, in order to achieve the maximum efficiency of these materials; secondly, polymers that absorb light at different wavelengths have been used to produce cells with a tandem structure in order to make them more efficient.
In human cells, the efficiency of zinc - finger - and TALE - mediated editing achieve efficiencies of 1 to 50 percent, while CRISPR - Cas9 editing has been reported to have efficiencies of up to 78 percent in single - cell mouse embryos.
Photovoltaic (PV) cells manufactured on glass achieved the highest power outputs reported for a PV technology under typical 200 - 400 lx indoor LED illumination with maximum power densities of MPD = 41.6 µW / cm2 at 400 lx (and power conversion efficiencies, PCE, of 27 %).
Additionally, the Invitrogen ™ Neon ™ Transfection System offers non-viral delivery of DNA, RNA, and protein efficiently into a variety of blood cells, including human primary T cells, and achieves more than 90 % knockout efficiency with CRISPR / Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein delivery.
«Conventional organic solar cells have now achieved good efficiencies but the polymer films in these devices typically require special processing to ensure correct crystallization.
Furthermore, with the fuel cells arranged vertically in the centre tunnel for new high - efficiency packaging, Honda was able to achieve a compact yet robust fuel cell stack, enough to put out 100 kW of power.
The interior strives to achieve harmony between man and machine by taking advantage of new powertrain packaging efficiencies delivering even greater passenger space than its predecessor, the 4 - passenger Honda FCX Clarity fuel - cell vehicle.
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MicroLink Devices, Inc. reports that its three - junction epitaxial lift - off (ELO) thin - film solar cell achieved a 37.75 % power conversion efficiency, certified by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
The U.S. Department of Energy's Fuel Cell Technology Program claims that, as of 2011, fuel cells achieved 53 — 59 % efficiency at one - quarter power and 42 — 53 % vehicle efficiency at full power, and a durability of over 120,000 km (75,000 mi) with less than 10 % degradation.
«Ceramic Fuel Cells has achieved electrical efficiency of 60 percent, far higher than any other technology in the rapidly expanding global market for small scale power and heating generators.
Today's silicon crystal solar panels are a dramatic improvement over the original Bell Lab designs, with some cells achieving a conversion efficiency of about 35 %, but the power output is still intermittent and load factors are very low, around 15 %.
Speaking at the Asia - Pacific Solar Research Conference in Canberra on Friday 2 December, Anita Ho - Baillie, a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics (ACAP), announced that her team at UNSW has achieved the highest efficiency rating with the largest perovskite solar cells to date.
The aim is to produce flexible, affordable solar cells that, within five years, will achieve a conversion efficiency of 20 %.
Solar technology has come a long way, with some solar cells able to achieve conversion efficiencies of close to 50 percent in lab settings, but researchers at Vanderbuilt University found that combining both the power of photosynthesis in spinach with the photovoltaic power of silicon could create a solar cell that packs an extra punch.
To achieve these dramatic efficiency gains, Cogenra integrates advanced silicon PV cells, concentrating optics with single - axis tracking and an innovative thermal transfer system in a low - cost and scalable design.
Meanwhile, multi-junction concentrator solar cells made with thin films of gallium arsenide have achieved efficiencies of around 40 percent (although they're pricey — they were developed to power satellites).
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