For Mercedes-Benz, Sustainability Means Brainy Micro-Converters, Solar Paint, & Synthetic Spider Silk
Mercedes-Benz has some new sustainability tricks up its sleeve, including bio-based materials and body paint made with solar cells.
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Lightweight, Flexible, Energy Efficient, Mass-Producible Solar Cells Now One Step Closer
Flexible solar cells that are lightweight, energy efficient, and mass-producible are now one step closer to being a reality thanks to new research from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Central Florida in Orlando. Researchers at those universities devised a new way of creating large sheets … [continued]
One Step Closer to Invisible Solar Cells in Our Windows
The company is known for its development of see-through solar cells (which we’ve talked about before), and this week it’s just a little closer to making its almost invisible solar cells […]
New Organic Solar Cells Should Make Great Tinted Windows
Heliatek, funded by Bosch, BASF, and others, has figured out how to make a semi-translucent, flexible, and lightweight solar panel of […]
Featherweight Solar Panels Breath New Life Into Crystalline Solar Cells
Exotic new thin film and spray-on solar products have been getting a lot of attention lately, but within “older” solar technology there is still room for innovation. SBM Solar has come up with a lightweight, non-reflective solar panel based on monocrystalline silicon solar cells that could help expand the opportunities … [continued]
