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Directory of technologies and resources pertaining to solar energy research and development.

Research and Development

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    Fly Eyes Used For Solar Cells - Researchers took corneas from blow flies, fixed them on a glass substrate, added a polymer to protect the shape and then coated nine-eye arrays in nickel within a vacuum chamber. The result was a master template that retained those useful nanoscale features and can be used to make solar cells. (Discovery; July 28, 2010)
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    "Light Pipes" Boost Organic Solar Efficiency - Researchers at Wake Forest University in North Carolina have developed a way to more than double the performance of organic solar cells by adding a layer of upright optical fibers that act as sunlight traps. "It's the same thing as taking a flat device and pointing it directly at the sun all day long." (MIT Technology Review; May 12, 2010)
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    Scientists turn light into electrical current using a golden nanoscale system - Material scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated the transduction of optical radiation to electrical current in a molecular circuit. The system, an array of nano-sized molecules of gold, respond to electromagnetic waves by creating surface plasmons that induce and project electrical current across molecules, similar to that of photovoltaic solar cells. (PhysOrg; February 12, 2010 )
  • Hot Electrons Could Double Solar Power - Researchers at Boston College have provided new experimental evidence that solar cell output can be double vi the use of "hot electrons." Ordinary solar cells can, in theory, convert at most about 35 percent of the energy in sunlight into electricity, wasting the rest as heat. Making use of hot electrons could result in efficiencies as high as 67 percent. (MIT Technology Review; Dec. 18, 2009)
  • Research Highlights Potential For Improved Solar Cells - A team of Los Alamos researchers has shown that carrier multiplication (when a photon creates multiple electron) is a real phenomenon in tiny semiconductor crystals and not a false observation born of extraneous effects that mimic carrier multiplication. The research, explained in a recent issue of Accounts of Chemical Research, shows the possibility of solar cells that create more than one unit of energy per photon. (PhysOrg; Feb. 10, 2009)
  • Solar Power Game-Changer: “Near Perfect” Absorption of Sunlight, From All Angles - By developing a new antireflective coating that boosts the amount of sunlight captured by solar panels and allows those panels to absorb the entire solar spectrum from nearly any angle, the Rensselaer research team has moved academia and industry closer to realizing high-efficiency, cost-effective solar power. (Resselaer; Nov. 3, 2008)
  • Engineers' Miniature Solar Cells Much Smaller Than This: o - The mini photoelectric device produces 7 volts with 20 solar cells created from carbon-based, organic polymers. "The world’s next generation of microelectronics may be dominated by 'plastic electronics’ and organic solar cells are expected to play an important role in these future technologies," writes lead author, Xioamei Jiang. (Wired; Nov. 6, 2008)
  • Researchers Explore Hybrid Concentrated Solar Energy System - Scientists from the Australian National University (ANU), Tianjin University in China and Chromasun, a Silicon Valley company with strong Australian connections, will join forces to create roof-mounted solar trough concentrator systems that they believe will be more cost-effective and efficient than previous models. A prototype measures 1.7 x 1.5 x 0.2 meters and incorporates seven mirrors that focus sunlight onto receiver tubes. (Renewable Energy World; Nov. 3, 2008)
  • The Dawn of SolarTAC Promises a Bright Future - The Solar Technology Acceleration Center (SolarTAC) will promote a better interface between technology developers and solar energy users by offering solar equipment suppliers an opportunity to show potential customers new technologies performing under actual field conditions. MRI will serve as the management and operating contractor for SolarTAC. (Colorado Energy News; Oct. 21, 2008)
  • DeserTEC-project is a design concept proposed to the EU to generate electricity in the desert and relay the produced power to the EU. Alongside the project, water desalination projects are proposed to green the desert.
  • 15 Photovoltaics Solar Power Innovations You Must See - Finding clean sources of it is very high on the green movement's priority list, and one very promising field is solar photovoltaics (PV). TreeHugger looks in the rearview mirror at some of the top PV solar innovations from their archives.(TreeHugger; Aug.21, 2008)
  • Thinking outside the square finds light in oven - "What started off as a brainstorming session has resulted in the iJET Solar cell concept that uses low-cost and low-temperature processes, such as ink-jet printing and pizza ovens, to manufacture solar cells." (The Sydney Morning Herald; Aug. 20, 2008)
  • ASU’s Solar Power Laboratory to be led by new electrical engineering faculty members - “Our goal is for ASU to have the pre-eminent academic solar energy research, development and training program in the United States, and one of the top such programs in the world" said Jonathan Fink, director of the Global Institute of Sustainability. “The establishment of the Solar Power Laboratory and the hiring of Honsberg, Bowden and Maracas combined with our ongoing research efforts help us meet this objective". (IRA A Fulton School of Engineering; July 10, 2008)
  • CSEM Solar Islands are proposed islands that would generate electricity, store it trough the use of hydrogen and produce clean water. The project was conceived by CSEM.

See also

SOLAR GENERAL:

SOLAR MODALITIES:

SOLAR INFRASTRUCTURE

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