Sentences with phrase «in flexible solar cells»

It's messenger bag with built in flexible solar cells that can charge up a mobile device, or power an LED in the bag, turning it into a lantern.

In a previous study (Applied Physics Letters, Volume 103, Issue 2, 021116 (2013)-RRB- the research team of David R. Barbero already demonstrated that nano - engineered networks can be produced onto thin and flexible transparent electrodes that can be used in flexible solar cells.

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The solar cell of the future will be flexible, highly efficient and oh - so cheap — just as long as we can make it work in the rain

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With this technique, the Empa team has again been able to significantly increase the energy conversion efficiency from sunlight into electricity using CIGS thin film solar cells on flexible plastic foils — to a new record level of 20.4 %, representing a marked improvement over the previous record of 18.7 % established by the same team in May 2011.

New types of solar cells and flexible transistors are also in the works, as well as pressure and temperature sensors that could be built into electronic skin for robotic or bionic applications.

The latest is Metrology of Al2O3 Barrier Film for Flexible CIGS Solar Cells, due to appear in the new edition of the International Journal of Energy Optimization and Engineering.

The PTMA is in a class of electrically active polymers that could bring inexpensive transparent solar cells; antistatic and antiglare coatings for cellphone displays; antistatic coverings for aircraft to protect against lightning strikes; flexible flash drives; and thermoelectric devices, which generate electricity from heat.

In addition, «The team is also interested in testing these fibers for multifunctional applications, including batteries, solar cells, biofuel cells, and sensors for flexible and wearable optoelectronic systems,» Dai saiIn addition, «The team is also interested in testing these fibers for multifunctional applications, including batteries, solar cells, biofuel cells, and sensors for flexible and wearable optoelectronic systems,» Dai saiin testing these fibers for multifunctional applications, including batteries, solar cells, biofuel cells, and sensors for flexible and wearable optoelectronic systems,» Dai said.

«Smart new method to manufacture organic solar cells: Asymmetric photocurrent extraction in semitransparent laminated flexible organic solar cells.»

The thin - film solar cells can be used in more flexible applications, such as so - called solar shingles, roofing materials that double as electricity generators.

«The organic solar cells can be used in many contexts, not least those in which their special properties are useful: they can be semitransparent, soft, flexible, can be obtained in different colours, and they are cheap to manufacture,» says Olle Inganäs, professor of biomolecular and organic electronics at Linköping University.

The results are encouraging for Aspuru - Guzik, who, in collaboration with computer giant IBM, is using the same computational tools to screen some 3.5 million organic molecules in the search for a new generation of flexible and lightweight solar cells.

I would like to further explore more possibilities in this field itself, and want to significantly contribute to the use of flexible solar cells on window panes, clothes and as paints.

For example, by removing some of the oxygen from graphene oxide, the electrically insulating material can be rendered conductive, opening up prospects for use in flexible electronics, sensors, solar cells and biomedical devices.

«Low - cost, compact, flexible and efficient solar cells are destined to impact all sorts of Department of Defense applications, as lightweight solar panels will eventually power all kinds of equipment, particularly in remote, inaccessible areas,» said Dr. Michael Scalora, a research physicist at the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center.

The weight of this 20W charger is just under two pounds, and while the sections of solar cells aren't necessarily flexible, in the sense that they can be folded at will, they aren't rigid like the previous generation of solar chargers were.

Its manufacturing process enables the company to produce solar cells that can be assembled into solar modules of virtually any size, form, design or any power, in flexible glass - foil or glass - glass packaging.

In fact, I'm willing to bet that ultra thin and flexible solar cells that can be attached to virtually any surface will be the future.

Scientists in South Korea have pushed the technology forward by creating an ultra-thin solar cell that is so flexible it can bend around a standard pencil without causing damage or stress on the solar cell.

In testing they found that the cell was flexible enough to bend around a radius as small as 1.4 millimeters and the solar cells themselves had an energy conversion efficiency similar to thicker thin - film ones.

They all fit into two categories: stiff, flat solar cells applied in small tiles to create a somewhat flexible surface or «flexible» solar panels — which are, in fact, only flexible in one direction.