Sentences with phrase «solar cell technologies»

Yet even the wind generator and solar cell technologies date back to the 19th century.

Here is a discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of monocrystalline vs polycrystalline solar cells, the most common solar cell technologies used in residential solar installations in the USA.

There are a number of competing solar cell technologies (c - Si, perovskite, CIGS, etc), but currently with 80 tonnes of silver necessary to generate one GW of solar power, should solar really become ubiquitous, a steady and increasing demand driver for silver is in place.

A note from Axiom Capital is saying Tesla is in talks with Swiss photovoltaics firm Meyer Burger to develop solar cell technology...

They explained that the near - UV solar cell technology can also power internet - of - things sensors and other low - power consumer products.

Although solar cell technology for converting the sun's power into electricity has improved steadily in recent years, high costs and inefficiencies have kept it from being a serious replacement for fossil fuels.

Semitransparent solar cell technology can be integrated into the building design, replacing conventional building materials.

«These two benefits should enable the continued success and adoption of solar cell technology.»

As energy - efficient technologies continue to attract funding from government and private research agencies, Miller said he hopes that by 2016, solar cell technology will reach cost parity with other fuels and be used in many homes across the country.

«We are delighted to be working with our CHEOPS partner SmartGreenScans on this environmental impact assessment of the perovskite solar cell technology, commented, Dr Chris Case, Chief Technology Officer at Oxford PV.

The Oxford PV internal research and development is dedicated to enhancing the stability of the perovskite solar cell technology, to become compatible with 25 year operational lifetimes at high efficiency.

His work covers all areas of science, from the quirky mating behaviors of different animals, to the drug and alcohol habits of ancient cultures, to new advances in solar cell technology.

His work covers all areas of science, from the quirky mating behaviors of different animals, to the drug and alcohol habits of ancient cultures, to new advances in solar cell technology.

The researchers have patented a new type of solar cell that is less expensive to manufacture, stronger and more robust than current solar cell technology.

The company's background in solar cell technology combined with this interest in display technology could lead to some amazing energy efficient, solar powered gadgets that provide users with the service they need without fossil fuel - based electricity.

Thin - film solar cell technology is starting to get hot.

Audi and Alta Devices, a wholly - owned US subsidiary of the Chinese solar - cell specialist Hanergy, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Strategic Cooperation in thin film solar cell technology.

FS's cadmium - telluride solar cells technology is definitely gaining adherents in both technical and commercial side of the industry.

SunPower ® Maxeon ™ solar cell technology powers Solar Impulse, a prototype solar airplane, that for the first time in aviation history succeeds in flying for 26 consecutive hours powered only by solar energy.

Toshiba had a similar display, highlighting what their solar cell technology and battery technology could do for homes once the smart grid is in place and energy can be generated by the home and even sold back to the grid.

«By increasing the number of the micro-devices on a chip, this technology might offer a new and efficient platform to complement or even replace current solar cell technology.»

As organic solar cell technology matures, efficiencies will likely increase steadily, in much the way personal computers have evolved.

Not exact matches

The following month, SolarCity, having determined that Silevo would not achieve two of its three production and technology milestones, decided that it had to bring in an outside partner, Panasonic, to help bear the costs and to take over solar - cell manufacturing.

The set prices have since been lowered by the government, and Tesla's low - cost solar cells were a big draw at the technology exhibition.

Last July, for example, China's GCL System Integration Technology (GCL - SI) and Vina Solar revealed that they had started jointly producing PV cells in Vietnam.

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While there are well - regarded Indian companies in Canada and well - regarded Canadian companies in India along with some co-operation in the area of high technology — from nuclear energy to avionics to solar cells — these are still only the beginnings.

Next steps include expanding the use of the technology to different applications, such as solar and fuel cells; and using the battery to power different kinds of electronic devices.

The building block of silicon solar cells has dropped so much in price that the venerable solar technology actually increased its share of the solar market over thin films in 2010, now accounting for nearly 90 percent of the photovoltaic market at a cost of roughly $ 1.20 per watt, not including installation.

Although the work is specifically aimed at the improvement in efficiency of thin film Cadmium Telluride solar cell devices, the coatings can be applied to other thin film technologies such as CIGS (copper indium gallium selenide) and amorphous silicon.

Jürgen Hauer, a co-author of the report and a junior research group leader at the Photonics Institute of the Vienna University of Technology, explained that natural systems have evolved to use light efficiently, but there are some caveats before engineers can design a solar cell that works as effectively as a leaf.

Fratus lists biofuels, solar, wind, and fuel cells as technologies that are particularly enticing to investors.

It will also depend on the success of competing emission - free technologies — solar, wind, biomass, and fuel cell energy, among others — that promise less environmental impact.

The finding could help engineers and materials scientists produce solar cells and other opto - electronics without the help of the high temperatures required to shape glass today — making this ancient arrangement a boon for modern technology.

Solar cells could be produced from materials other than silicon under a breakthrough that scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles, say could dramatically reduce the price of solar technoloSolar cells could be produced from materials other than silicon under a breakthrough that scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles, say could dramatically reduce the price of solar technolosolar technologies.

«As we continue to work on enhancing the performance and efficiency of the solar cells, we also look forward to opportunities to collaborate with industry in order to develop this technology further,» Yang said.

To understand the important interfaces in a solar cell connected to a water - splitting catalyst, researchers from Missouri University of Science & Technology developed a method to simply and controllably produce such a system.

Trapping light with an optical version of a whispering gallery, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a nanoscale coating for solar cells that enables them to absorb about 20 percent more sunlight than uncoated devices.

«Although calculations had suggested the coatings would enhance the solar cells, we could not prove this was the case until we had developed the nanoscale measurement technologies that were needed,» he noted.

Small molecules also are key elements in technologies like solar cells and LEDs.

«America is quickly falling behind in clean energy, trading Middle Eastern oil for cheap Chinese solar, batteries and wind turbines,» says Chris Rivest, co-founder of Berkeley, Calif. — based SunPrint, which is developing technology to print cadmium telluride thin - film photovoltaic cells.

A team led by Zhigang Zou of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Tsukuba, Japan, has improved solar cells by tweaking a photocatalyst to get what Zou calls «the right band gap.»

The scientists have devised a new manufacturing technique that could boost the efficiency of an inexpensive type of solar cell by up to 50 %, making the technology an economically feasible alternative to fossil fuels in the search for sustainable energy.

If the technology proves robust and reliable, it could produce solar cells at just one - fifth the cost of conventional silicon panels, says Russell Gaudiana, research chief at Konarka Technologies of Lowell, Massachusetts.

Quantum dots, which have use in diverse applications such as medical imaging, lighting, display technologies, solar cells, photocatalysts, renewable energy and optoelectronics, are typically expensive and complicated to manufacture.

Twelve years ago, chemist Michael Grätzel of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne and colleagues introduced «dye - sensitized» solar cells.

Davy and Loo have started a new company, called Andluca Technologies, based on the technology described in the paper, and are already exploring other applications for the transparent solar cells.

In recent years, perovskite - based solar cells have raced to the front of emerging photovoltaics, already competing on efficiency against well - established solar technologies such as the inorganic thin - film and multi-crystalline silicon used in solar panels around the world.

A vast improvement over current nonreflective materials, the new technology could revolutionize solar cells, intensify light - emitting diodes, and possibly help solve mysteries in quantum mechanics by mimicking a «black body,» an object that absorbs all light.

The team realized that if they used solar cells made from titanium dioxide dyes, which were first created by Michael Graetzel of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, such cells could coat steel and generate electricity.