All the stories tagged with: solar cell
Sharp rolls out solar cell with world’s highest conversion efficiency
11/07/2011, Sharp of Japan has snagged another world record – by introducing the world’s highest solar cell conversion efficiency which stands at 36.9% thanks to a triple-junction compound solar cell. This particular solar cell will feature a stacked three-layer structure that [...]
Silevo hybrid solar cell challenges conventional wisdom
10/12/2011, There is just something about the genius of the human intellect – just when you think that we’ve hit a brick wall in terms of advancement, someone, somewhere comes up with something that turns the world upside down. I guess [...]
Spray-on solar cells usher in the future
08/16/2011, Solar power is something that we do not deny will make the world a better place to live in, assuming it can be harnessed more efficiently than it is today. While solar panels are still very expensive to manufacture, hence [...]
Inkjet printers could alter solar energy industry
06/29/2011, Who would have thought that inkjet printers, a relatively low-cost technology which has brought about changes in home and small office printing, might soon be able to lower the overall cost of harnessing solar energy? Engineers over at Oregon State [...]
Solar3D is one step closer to a prototype 3D solar cell
04/12/2011, We’ve previously talked about Solar3D before; a startup focused on creating 3D solar cells. Instead of having flat panels of solar cells like we currently do now, Solar3D had plans to create a 3D shape for a solar cell so [...]
Screen-printable Solar Cells Create Power-generating Windows
10/28/2010, In the future, will all our windows sport solar cells that will gather energy to keep our electronics beeping all day? The folks over at Oxford Photovoltaics have developed solar cells that can be printed directly onto glass, creating power-generating [...]
T-Mobile USA Launches Its First Solar Cell Tower
09/26/2010, T-Mobile must be trying to get in on the green game too as the carrier has launched its first US solar-powered cell tower in Chalfont, Pennsylvania. The site sports 12 solar panels that are touted to be efficient enough to [...]
Belgian Research Lab Creates Solar Cells With An Efficiency Of Over 19 Percent
09/07/2010, Solar-technology has taken another step forward as the Belgian research lab IMEC has unveiled several large-area silicon solar cells with a conversion efficiency of more than 19 percent. They came up with two types of cells with silver screen-printed contacts [...]
Seiko Hybrid Solar Watches Come With Exposed PV Cells
04/21/2010, Seiko doesn’t seem to be scared to try about different technologies on watches, and the company has previously offered watches with concealed photovoltaic (PV) cells by stacking colored resin plates, but this time it has decided to use transparent plates [...]
Kyosemi Spherical Solar Cells For Energy Harvesting Windows
03/29/2010, It’s good to see that we’re moving towards a greener future, and Kyosemi Corporation looks like it has something to help us move closer to that goal. The corporation has unveiled tiny spherical solar cells that can be used to [...]
Solarmer Energy Aims For 10 Percent Efficiency From Plastic Solar Cells
03/16/2010, Solarmer Energy had previously managed to eke out a record efficiency of nearly eight percent from its plastic solar cells, but now according to the company’s Managing Director, the company is on target to reach 10 percent efficiency by the [...]
Solar cell recharging prepped for iPod and iPhone
01/21/2010, Apple has filed a patent application for a portable device in the line of an iPod or iPhone which will feature solar cells that can harness the power of the sun to keep it juiced up so that you can [...]
Sharp solar cell has highest conversion efficiency
10/23/2009, Sharp Japan recently announced that they managed to roll out a solar cell that will boast the world’s highest conversion efficiency of 35.8% which is a marked improvement over its predecessor that touched just 31.5%. This model is a compound [...]
