Thin-Film Solar cells, plug-in hybrids, solar gadgets...
Flexible solar panels lucks the efficiency of standard solar panels but does have different usage possibilities. In fact the flexible solar panels can be even printed on paper. The prove was given by a research team in the MIT. The paper … [Read more...]
I do like flexible solar panels, because they can be easily used to generate electricity. A new record in efficiency has been established by scientist at Empa, which is a Swisss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology. The new … [Read more...]
The name of those solar panels is PowerFLEX. Copper Indium Gallium DiSelenide (CIGS) solar cells Those flexible solar panels (CIGS) are suitable for use on flat roofs. As you can see on the image bellow, the lightweight and flexible panels are … [Read more...]
SoloPower’s proprietary electrochemical process for CIGS solar. Flexible solar panels are less efficient, but offers some advantages over classic solar panels. Especially when it comes to pose them on the flat roof without a special equipment, … [Read more...]
Lab demo of multiband photovoltaic device was showed. As you might know, the usual photovoltaic panes are efficient between 15-20%. It's because the light spectrum is limited, and the rays falling out of the spectrum are not converted to … [Read more...]
Researchers or the Oregon State University have made an important breakthrough in the use of continuous flow microreactors to produce thin film absorbers for solar cells - an innovative technology that could significantly reduce the cost of solar … [Read more...]
The printable solar cells are not new. I already reported several times that Nanosolar has build the most advanced printing process for making solar thin film panels and that there had been some big investment made by french group EDF. This time … [Read more...]
Sandia National Laboratories scientists have developed very small, tiny glitter-sized photovoltaic cells that could be the next revolution in the solar industry. “So they use 100 times less silicon to generate the same amount of electricity,” … [Read more...]
The nanoantennas. Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory believe that plastic sheets containing billions of nanoantennas that collect heat energy generated by the sun and other sources could dramatically … [Read more...]
I was searching for some videos from Nanosolar today, because I think that paying one-third for a photovoltaic panel which is even more efficient than traditional silicon PV, is the future. We need to bring the price of that photovoltaics down, so … [Read more...]
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