Energy & Green Tech
Organic solar cells are photovoltaic technologies with light-absorbing layers made of conductive organic polymers or organic molecules. These solar energy solutions can have notable advantages over their non-organic counterparts, ...
Energy & Green Tech
In recent years, engineers worldwide have been trying to develop more sustainable technologies to produce electrical energy. One of the most promising among these solutions are organic solar cells.
Electronics & Semiconductors
Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have developed a new, more environmentally friendly way to create conductive inks for use in organic electronics such as solar cells, artificial neurons, and soft sensors. The ...
Jan 22, 2024
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Engineering
With the market for wearable electric devices growing rapidly, stretchable solar cells that can function under strain have received considerable attention as an energy source. To build such solar cells, it is necessary that ...
Jan 4, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Due to the recent improvements in the efficiency with which solar cells made from organic (carbon-based) semiconductors can convert sunlight into electricity, improving the long-term stability of these photovoltaic devices ...
Apr 19, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Research led by the University of Strathclyde suggests that solar energy can be accessed and converted into hydrogen—a clean and renewable fuel.
May 5, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Solar cells will doubtless play a significant part in a sustainable energy future. Polymer solar cells (PSCs) specifically provide an excellent option because they are cheap to produce and can be both flexible and semitransparent. ...
Apr 21, 2022
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Engineering
Rice University engineers have suggested a colorful solution to next-generation energy collection: Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) in your windows.
Feb 16, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Solar cells have great potential as a source of clean electrical energy, but so far they have not been cheap, light, and flexible enough for widespread use. Now a team of researchers led by Tandon Associate Professor André ...
Mar 5, 2018
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Energy & Green Tech
Unlike traditional silicon solar cells, organic polymer solar cells (PSCs) may never cover the hillsides of a megawatt solar farm. But, these lightweight, flexible cells show potential to provide solar power to remote microwatt ...
Feb 20, 2018
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