Why The Organic Solar Cell Of The Future Will Twist When Excited
An atomic-level twist is the key to the ultra-efficient, ultra-inexpensive organic solar cell of the future.
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Scientists Drop Organic Solar Cell Fission Bomb On Coal
A new “singlet fission” breakthrough in organic solar cell research suggests that the golfer-in-chief should spend less time on the links and more time saving coal jobs — if he really is serious about saving coal jobs.
Solar Cell Efficiency Rises By 30% Through Singlet Fission
Scientists were pretty excited when they discovered you could convert light energy directly into electricity by capturing photons in semiconductors, exciting them into “excitons” (bound electron with negative charge and hole with positive), and capturing the resultant current through electrodes. Now a group of four chemists from the University of … [continued]
Molecular Sandwich Could Boost Solar Cell Efficiency by 35%
Working on a molecular level, scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the University of Colorado are developing a crystalline “sandwich” that could increase the efficiency of solar cells by 35%. The process is delicate but if it can be commercialized, it would bring down the cost of solar … [continued]
