Sentences with phrase «cheaper than silicon»

The advance boosts the chance that this material, which is a lot cheaper than its silicon counterparts, will hit the mainstream market.

Not exact matches

Solar companies have been searching for some time for materials that are more efficient, cheaper to produce and use fewer raw materials than silicon.

Silicene may turn out to be a better bet than graphene for smaller and cheaper electronic devices because it can be integrated more easily into silicon chip production lines.

For one thing, the technology could offer a route to cheaper, brighter LCD displays for mobile devices by crafting circuits from higher quality silicon than normal.

That goal is still lower than the conversion ratio achieved by modern cells made from silicon, but organic photovoltaics would be cheaper and could be used in fabrics, plastics and even inks and paints.

Lab studies have proved their potential: They are cheaper and easier to fabricate than time - tested silicon solar cells.

Solar cells that are cheaper and easier to manufacture could challenge the dominance of silicon, with new research showing an alternative material called perovskite is more efficient and adaptable than previously thought.

Perovskite films are excellent light absorbers and are much cheaper to make than the silicon wafers used in standard solar cells.

They are cheap and flexible, and the production process is much simpler than for traditional silicon chips.

But compared to conventional crystalline, silicon - based photovoltaics, thin film solar has been tested to be more efficient under less - than - ideal conditions (overcast skies, fog, etc) and the possible advantages in having lightweight, cheaper and easy - to - install solar panels made from commonly - found materials more than make up for it.

The compound is cheaper to use for photovoltaic material than silicon.

It's cheaper to make «thin - film solar cells» with cadmium telluride than with silicon.

The nanopillars allow the researchers to use cheaper, lower - quality materials than those used in conventional silicon and thin - film technologies.