Sentences with phrase «solar cells device»

This finding is promising for wearable technology where flexible solar cells device attached on curved objects yet could enhance light harvesting efficiency.

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.

The newly - developed perovskite solar cell device was fabricated using solution processes, a process that involves the coating perovskite materials on a flexible film.

Not exact matches

From his office in Brooklyn, New York, McQuade — who was speaking on a cell phone charged by one of the solar devices the company manufactures — explains how the eight - person company has approached Sandy.

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 ceramic - coated emitters were sent to Fan and his colleagues at Stanford, who confirmed that devices were still capable of producing infrared light waves that are ideal for running solar cells.

Because the metal coatings absorb a lot of light, reflecting only a narrow set of wavelengths, Capasso suggests that they could also be incorporated into optoelectronic devices like photodetectors and solar cells.

This research provides a new insight into the movement of electrons that could potentially change the way solar cells and semiconductor devices are built.

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.

So, [what] we want do is, we want to give a solar cell or a battery or an ultracapacitor the genetic information that says this is how to build this device.

Perovskite materials have shown great promise for use in next - generation solar cells, light - emitting devices (LEDs), sensors, and other applications, but their instability remains a critical limitation.

And once you have the DNA that tells you how to build that device, all you have to do is keep amplifying it and basically passing it on to your offspring, which say this is how to build a solar cell or this is how to build a battery, and that's what is the main driving force in our labs.

Since TiO2 is transparent, almost all sun light reaches the photoactive chalcopyrite, leading to the observed high photocurrent density and photovoltage comparable with those of a conventional device - grade thin - film solar cell.

Joseph Berry, senior research scientist at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, who studies solar cells but was not involved in the research, said the research project is interesting because the device scales well and targets a specific part of the solar spectrum.

And unless this stability problem can be solved perovskite devices may never become a viable alternative to silicon solar cells.

It may look more like Junk Yard Wars than high - tech, but U of T researcher Illan Kramer's (pictured) device is the first step towards spray - on solar cells.

It's more efficient than previous devices, the researchers say, because its two cells absorb more light than single - layer solar devices, because it uses light from a wider portion of the solar spectrum, and because it incorporates a layer of novel materials between the two cells to reduce energy loss.

Fuel Cells Electricity from any source, such as solar, wind and even coal, can be used to break up water molecules into their hydrogen and oxygen components in a device called an electrolyzer.

As it thins to the atomic limit, it becomes fluorescent, making it useful for optoelectronics, such as light - emitting diodes, or light - absorbing devices, such as solar cells.

In the dye - sensitized solar cell world, every tenth of a percent counts in making devices more efficient and commercially viable.

To create products such as stem cell research devices and solar cells, Shrink Nanotechnologies has developed a new material that trumps the toy's abilities.

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.

North Carolina State University researchers have come up with a new technique for improving the connections between stacked solar cells, which should improve the overall efficiency of solar energy devices and reduce the cost of solar energy production.

Using power harvested from ambient light with a tiny solar cell — roughly the size of a grain of rice — the device was able to communicate with a base station that was 50 feet away.

Such a device could be used to harvest solar energy in places where the light is too diffuse for mirrors to concentrate it onto a solar cell.

Most existing electronics, such as the circuit boards in everything from mobile devices to solar cells, are built on brittle silicon wafers.

Enter thin - film solar cells — devices that use a fine layer of semiconducting material, such as silicon, copper indium gallium selenide or cadmium telluride, to harvest electricity from sunlight at a fraction of the cost.

In fact, cadmium telluride solar cells are currently the most ecofriendly devices, even though they use a toxic heavy metal, primarily because they require the least energy — typically provided by burning fossil fuels — to manufacture, says environmental engineer Vasilis Fthenakis, senior scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory's National Photovoltaic Environment Research Center in Upton, N.Y., and Columbia University.

Such materials display a strong absorption of ultraviolet or visible light, making them attractive as primary light absorbers in molecular solar cells and other devices of molecular optoelectronics.

This will open new application possibilities to utilize printable solar cells e.g. in IoT (Internet of Things) type applications, in which the devices can also harvest energy from the ambient light.

Organic photovoltaic cells — a type of solar cell that uses polymeric materials to capture sunlight — show tremendous promise as energy conversion devices, thanks to key attributes such as flexibility and low - cost production.

The new method should reduce the time nano manufacturing firms spend in trial - and - error searches for materials to make electronic devices such as solar cells, organic transistors and organic light - emitting diodes.

This novel technique and the information it provides have significant implications for future transport property manipulation in electronic devices featuring organic molecules, such as solar cells and light - emitting diodes.

The organic electronics field is gaining prominence in both academia and industry as devices such as organic light - emitting diodes and solar cells have multiple advantages over conventional inorganic devices, including much lower potential production costs and broader substrate compatibility.

The one - atom - thick carbon sheets could revolutionize the way electronic devices are manufactured and lead to faster transistors, cheaper solar cells, new types of sensors and more efficient bioelectric sensory devices.

A team of researchers led by North Carolina State University has found that stacking materials that are only one atom thick can create semiconductor junctions that transfer charge efficiently, regardless of whether the crystalline structure of the materials is mismatched — lowering the manufacturing cost for a wide variety of semiconductor devices such as solar cells, lasers and LEDs.

He adds, «Exciton diffusion and transport are important processes in solar - cell devices, so understanding what limits these may well help the design of better materials, or the development of better ways to process materials so that energy losses during exciton migration are limited.»

The Stanford team tested their technology on a custom - made solar absorber — a device that mimics the properties of a solar cell without producing electricity — covered with a micron - scale pattern designed to maximize the capability to dump heat, in the form of infrared light, into space.

Their dream is to create a portable device that can run on a solar cell battery and provide emergency relief to people living in drought - ridden or disaster - struck countries.

Kim says now, semiconductor devices such as LEDs and solar cells can be made to bend and twist.

In the eternal search for next generation high - efficiency solar cells and LEDs, scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory and their partners are creating innovative 2D layered hybrid perovskites that allow greater freedom in designing and fabricating efficient optoelectronic devices.

And because the material is so thin, transparent, and lightweight, devices such as solar cells or displays could potentially be built into building or vehicle windows, or even incorporated into clothing, he says.

Industrial and consumer applications could include low cost solar cells, LEDs, laser diodes, detectors, and other nano - optoelectronic devices.

This manufacturing cost is a major reason why semiconductor devices such as solar cells, lasers and LEDs remain very expensive.

From there, an unmanned device called a climber, equipped with traction treads, will «zip» the ribbons together as it is powered heavenward by lasers focused on solar cells.

A quasiparticle called an exciton — responsible for the transfer of energy within devices such as solar cells, LEDs, and semiconductor circuits — has been understood theoretically for decades.

Material scientists expect the new multifunctional properties of hybrid nanostructures will transform the development of high - performance devices, including batteries, high - sensitivity sensors and solar cells.

Besides its topological properties, its «sister materials,» which have similar properties and were also studied by the research team, are known to be light - sensitive and have useful properties for solar cells and for optoelectronics, which control light for use in electronic devices.

Potential applications range from battery anodes, to solar cells, to 3D electronic circuits and biomedical devices.

«This breakthrough holds substantial promise as the base technology for the application of the next - generation solar cells, as well as various IoT devices and displays,» says Professor Jin Young Kim.