Comments on: Inexpensive Solar Cell Coating May Lead To Big Increases In Solar Cell Efficiency, 1 Photon Knocks Loose 2 Electrons http://cleantechnica.com/2013/04/19/inexpensive-solar-cell-coating-may-lead-to-big-increases-in-efficiency-new-technique-allows-one-photon-to-knock-loose-two-electrons/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Sun, 28 Dec 2014 06:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: San Diego Loves Green – Inexpensive Solar Cell Coating May Lead To Big Increases In Solar Cell Efficiency http://cleantechnica.com/2013/04/19/inexpensive-solar-cell-coating-may-lead-to-big-increases-in-efficiency-new-technique-allows-one-photon-to-knock-loose-two-electrons/#comment-160293 Sat, 04 May 2013 02:06:25 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=50891#comment-160293 […] wrote this article which was published in Clean Technica on April 19, 2013; Image Credit: Christine […]

]]> By: phil http://cleantechnica.com/2013/04/19/inexpensive-solar-cell-coating-may-lead-to-big-increases-in-efficiency-new-technique-allows-one-photon-to-knock-loose-two-electrons/#comment-159792 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:22:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=50891#comment-159792 This demonstration was in an organic solar cell. But there are many examples of organics and inorganic hybrid systems, i.e. dye-sensitized solar cells. There is no reason this phenomenon could not be paired with a more traditional solar cell, i.e. silicon, for an increase in efficiency.

]]> By: Hans http://cleantechnica.com/2013/04/19/inexpensive-solar-cell-coating-may-lead-to-big-increases-in-efficiency-new-technique-allows-one-photon-to-knock-loose-two-electrons/#comment-158944 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:51:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=50891#comment-158944 From what I can understand from the Science article, the process only works in combination with organic solar cells. Just slapping the coating on standard silicon solar cells probably doesn’t work.

So in practice the coating might help to get the organic solar cells (that currently have a very poor efficiency) to have an efficiency close to that of conventional cells. Which is still a good thing because organic cells have the potential to be produced extremely cheap.

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