1 Solar cells get organic
Heliatek GmbH announces a plan to make flexible photovoltaic modules using organic, oligomer-based solar cells. The company is working with FHR which has developed a foil coating system to manufacture the solar cells. Source: EE Times Asia
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2 Tiny solar cells fix themselves
Researchers have demonstrated tiny solar cells just billionths of a metre across that can repair themselves, extending their useful lifetime. The cells make use of proteins from the machinery of plants, turning sunlight into electric charges that can do work. Source: BBC Radio 1
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3 Imec reports large-area silicon solar cells with efficiencies up to 19.4%
At the 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (Valencia, Spain), imec unveiled several large-area silicon solar cells with a conversion efficiency above 19%. Two types of cells were realized namely with Ag-screen-printed contacts and plated Cu-contacts. Source: EETimes.de
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4 Imec reports large-area silicon solar cells with high efficiency
At the 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (Valencia, Spain), Imec presents several large-area silicon solar cells with a conversion efficiency above 19%. Source: PhysOrg
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5 MIT creates self-repairing solar cells
MIT rsearchers have created tiny solar cells that can repair themselves after damage from the sunlight they're designed to process.   read more Source: TG Daily
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6 Tiny solar cells fix themselves
A mix of chemicals borrowed from plants with tiny tubes of carbon can spontaneously create tiny, self-repairing solar cells. Source: BBC News
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7 Heliatek adds foil to organic solar cells
Heliatek GmbH (Dresden, Germany) is planning to be the world's first manufacturer of organic, oligomer-based solar cells. Source: EETimes.de
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8 Collaboration enables jettable solar technology to provide enhanced cell efficiencies at lower cost
Trident Solar, a division of Trident ITW, is collaborating with Alpha, a Cookson Electronics company, announced to bring innovative, additive, non-contact inkjet deposition technologies to the solar market. Source: EETimes.de
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9 MIT creates self-repairing solar cells
With the quest for transferring our energy needs to renewable sources becoming ever more important, scientists are focusing on creating super efficient solar panels to harness the sun’s power. But there’s one area of solar power that often gets overlooked in the news and during development: lifespan. If you put objects in direct sunlight they degrade [...] Source: Geek.com
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10 UMC solar cell subsidiary TSI to officially open soon
Topcell Solar International (TSI), a solar cell manufacturer wholly owned by United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), will officially open on September 16, 2010. The company's solar cell capacity for 2011 will reach 400MWp and 1GWp in 2012. Source: Digi Times
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