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Engineering Breakthrough Promises Significantly More Efficient Solar Cells
March 7, 2013 — A new technique could lead to significantly more efficient solar cells. Quantum dot photovoltaics offers the potential for low-cost, large-area solar power -- however these devices are not yet highly ... > full story -
New Material Using Doped Carbon Allows Fuels to Be Produced While Reducing CO2 Emissions
March 7, 2013 — After more than 10 years' work, scientists in Spain have a developed a carbon gel that enables carbon dioxide to be turned into hydrocarbons by electro-catalytic ... > full story -
Artificial Leaf: Solar-to-Fuel Roadmap Developed for Crystalline Silicon
March 4, 2013 — A new analysis points the way to optimizing efficiency of an integrated system for harvesting sunlight to make storable ... > full story -
Non-Glaring Photovoltaic Installations for Airports, Highways
March 4, 2013 — Before a photovoltaic installation may be constructed, engineers calculate, for some selected days in the year, when and where the interfering light reflections occur, especially if airports, ... > full story -
Improved Synchronicity: Preventive Care for the Power Grid
March 2, 2013 — As the U.S. national power-grid network becomes larger and more complex, achieving reliability across the network is increasingly difficult. Now scientists have identified conditions and properties ... > full story -
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Antarctic Scientists Discover 18-Kilogram Meteorite
February 28, 2013 — An international team of scientists have discovered a meteorite with a mass of 18 kilograms embedded in the East Antarctic ice sheet, the largest such meteorite found in the region since ... > full story -
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New Fabrication Technique Could Provide Breakthrough for Solar Energy Systems
February 27, 2013 — Scientists are using a novel fabrication process to create ultra-efficient solar energy rectennas capable of harvesting more than 70 percent of the sun's electromagnetic radiation and simultaneously ... > full story -
Research to Probe Deep Within a Solar Cell
February 25, 2013 — Engineers and scientists have pioneered a new technique to analyze PCBM, a material used in polymer photovoltaic cells, obtaining details of the structure of the material which will be vital to ... > full story -
Scientists Develop a Whole New Way of Harvesting Energy from the Sun
February 24, 2013 — A new method of harvesting the sun's energy is emerging. Though still in its infancy, the research promises to convert sunlight into energy using a process based on metals that are more robust than ... > full story -
Graphene: A Material That Multiplies the Power of Light
February 24, 2013 — Researchers have demonstrated that graphene is able to convert a single photon that it absorbs into multiple electrons that could drive electric current -- a very promising discovery that makes ... > full story
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