Sentences with phrase «organic photovoltaic»

Called a tandem - structure transparent organic photovoltaic (TOPV) device, the technology originally had an efficiency of only 4 percent, but the UCLA team has now gotten that number up to 7.3 percent.

«High purity carbon nanotube thin films not only have the potential to make inroads into current applications but also accelerate the development of emerging technologies such as organic light - emitting diodes and organic photovoltaic devices.

Morphology can play a critical role in determining function in organic photovoltaic (OPV) systems.

Alán Aspuru - Guzik, an assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology at Harvard University, heads a team that is researching ways to incorporate the quantum lessons of photosynthesis into organic photovoltaic solar cells.

Researchers develop method to screen organic materials for organic photovoltaic cells by charge formation efficiency.

«Now that we have a method to determine the key physical parameter, charge formation efficiency, we're exploring the interrelation between it and the nanoscale structure of the organic photovoltaic device to clarify the mechanism of the charge formation,» noted Moritomo.

The team's work will enable the high - throughput screening of organic materials for new organic photovoltaic devices.

The article, «Effect of temperature on carrier formation efficiency in organic photovoltaic cells,» is authored by Yutaka Moritomo, Kouhei Yonezawa and Takeshi Yasuda.

The market for organic photovoltaic cells is developing, with a market breakthrough expected within three years.

The goal is to provide the materials that will allow organic photovoltaic cells to turn more than 10 % of the solar energy that hits them into electricity, compared with about 9 % for the best materials today.

«MX2 semiconductors have extremely strong optical absorption properties and compared with organic photovoltaic materials, have a crystalline structure and better electrical transport properties,» Wang says.

Commercial organic photovoltaic cells could hit the market within a few years.

This approach is already being employed in electronic devices to some extent today: organic photovoltaics (OPVs) are embedded in film.

«But we quickly realized that this technique could also be adapted to other research regimes, most notably imaging for biological and cellular samples, wet samples, samples with rough surfaces, as well as organic photovoltaics.

Their research was funded by the BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) within the scope of the POPUP project which is aimed at developing novel materials and device structures suitable for competitive mass production processes and applications in the field of organic photovoltaics.

The recorded charge transfer time clocked in at under 50 femtoseconds, comparable to the fastest times recorded for organic photovoltaics.

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.

A team of materials chemists, polymer scientists, device physicists and others at the University of Massachusetts Amherst today report a breakthrough technique for controlling molecular assembly of nanoparticles over multiple length scales that should allow faster, cheaper, more ecologically friendly manufacture of organic photovoltaics and other electronic devices.

We very much hope that these washable, lightweight and stretchable organic photovoltaics will open a new avenue for use as a long - term power source system for wearable sensors and other devices.»

Bob Crabtree (catalysts and ligand design) Ana Moore (antenna synthesis, characterization of energy / charge transfer) Tom Moore (design of bioinspired photocatalytic assemblies) Eric Bittner (EB)(charge transport in organic electronics, organic photovoltaics) Charlie Schmuttenmaer (semiconductor materials + spectroscopy of carriers) Gary Brudvig (natural photosynthesis and biomimetic systems + EPR spectroscopy + electrochemistry) Peter Rossky (modeling organic PV) Mark Ratner (modeling transport, organic electronics) Victor Batista (modeling PSII and DSSC)

Large - area electronics - Often manufactured using roll - to - roll techniques, large - area electronics are plastic electronics products printed on large substrates with the ability to cover more area, such as organic photovoltaics.

Beyond OLEDs, this technology also could have broader impact in the manufacturing of other organic electronic devices such as organic photovoltaics for solar energy conversion, sensors and roll - up displays.

Not exact matches

One type, known as plastic, organic or polymer photovoltaic solar cells, uses conductive organic polymers or organic molecules to absorb light, transfer the charge and produce electricity.

In the past couple of years, organic - inorganic hybrid perovskites have been solution - processed into thin films or bulk crystals for photovoltaic devices that have reached a 20 - percent power conversion efficiency.

Resume: In the field of renewable energy production, porous Si / eumelanin hybrids are a novel interesting class of organic — inorganic materials for photovoltaic applications.

We aim to develop an artificial photoreceptor based on photovoltaic organic materials for future retinal prosthetic devices.

In the field of renewable energy production, porous Si / eumelanin hybrids are a novel interesting class of organic — inorganic materials for photovoltaic applications.

In 2012, he published his breakthrough discovery of high efficiency solid - state photovoltaics from organic - inorganic metal halide perovskites.

His research interests focus on the design of novel organic conjugated aromatic semiconducting polymers for a range of optical, electronic, photovoltaic, and bio-electronic applications.

But with their Un-plugged Flexible E-paper Display, AUO has sandwiched a flexible organic TFT display to a thin - film photovoltaic battery to create a self - powered e-reader that can be bent and twisted just like a piece of paper.

The same consideration for organic compounds, including oil, and anthropogenic products, including: photovoltaic panels, windmills, and batteries.

One Planet Living principle Masdar Target ZERO CARBON 100 per cent of energy supplied by renewable energy — Photovoltaics, concentrated solar power, wind, waste to energy and other technologies ZERO WASTE 99 per cent diversion of waste from landfill (includes waste reduction measures, re-use of waste wherever possible, recycling, composting, waste to energy) SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT Zero carbon emissions from transport within the city; implementation of measures to reduce the carbon cost of journeys to the city boundaries (through facilitating and encouraging the use of public transport, vehicle sharing, supporting low emissions vehicle initiatives) SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS Specifying high recycled materials content within building products; tracking and encouraging the reduction of embodied energy within material sand throughout the construction process; specifying the use of sustainable materials such as Forest Stewardship Council certified timber, bamboo and other products SUSTAINABLE FOOD Retail outlets to meet targets for supplying organic food and sustainable and or fair trade products SUSTAINABLE WATER Per capita water consumption to be at least 50 per cent less than the national average; all waste water to be re-used HABITATS AND WILDLIFE All valuable species to be conserved or relocated with positive mitigation targets CULTURE AND HERITAGE Architecture to integrate local values.

Meanwhile, researcher in Israel have been experimenting with organic solar cells that generate current from sunlight, like their photovoltaic cousins made of silicon.

From the groups that I have met and been involved in, there seems to be an inherent interest in the low - tech, appropriate technology type solutions — be it vermiculture, organics or rocket stoves — and a mistrust of many things high tech or market driven, from electric cars to photovoltaics.

Despite their promise, organic solar cells will be only one part of the quest to bring photovoltaics to the point where their cost - per - kilowatt is competitive with electrical power generated by fossil fuels or nuclear energy, Chan says.