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Innovation puts next-generation solar cells on the horizon

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (30) | comments 12

In a world first, a Monash University-led international research team has developed an innovative way to boost the output of the next generation of solar cells.


Water droplets direct self-assembly process in thin-film materials

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2

You can think of it as origami - very high-tech origami. Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a technique for fabricating three-dimensional, single-crystalline silicon structures from thin films by coupling ...


Porphyrin Dimers Increase Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Porphyrin Dimers Increase Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 1 feature

(PhysOrg.com) -- Porphyrins are most commonly thought of as the pigment in red blood cells, but now scientists have found that porphyrins can also be used to increase the efficiency of an inexpensive type ...


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Carbon nanotubes may cheaply harvest sunlight

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (9) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new alternative energy technology relies on the element most associated with climate change: carbon.


Sleek new MIT solar car heads to the races

Sleek new MIT solar car heads to the races

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

MIT's Solar Electric Vehicle Team, the oldest such student team in the country, has just finished construction of its latest high-tech car and will be unveiling it to the public this Friday from 3 to 5 p.m. ...