Daily Archives: December 25, 2012

Flexible, light solar cells: Researchers develop a new approach using graphene sheets coated with nanowires

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Ritesh Pothan

Enlarge                   MIT researchers have produced a new kind of photovoltaic cell based on sheets of flexible graphene coated with a layer of nanowires. The approach could lead to low-cost, transparent and … Continue reading →

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Nanostructures triple organic solar cells efficiency

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Ritesh Pothan

            Credit: Illustration by Dimitri Karetnikov A conventional solar cell, left, reflects light off its surface and loses light that penetrates the cell. New technology, right, develop by Princeton professor Stephen Chou and colleagues in … Continue reading →

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