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UConn Professor Uses Nanotech for 70% Efficient Solar Cell
While current solar energy technology, which is usually based on semiconductor technology made of silicon or gallium oxide functions at 20 percent efficiency on the high end, a University of Connecticut professor is working on a new technology that could harvest 70 percent of the sun’s electromagnetic radiation. The technology uses nanosized antennas. Working with [...]
Chemistry Professor Sheds New Light on Solar Efficiency
One of the most crucial aspects of solar energy research is efficiency. The current average efficiency rate is around 15%, which means there’s a lot of room for improvement. Now, Xiaoyang Zhu, a professor of chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin, has found that the efficiency of conventional solar cells could be greatly [...]
GROOVY: Professor Develops Solar Rainbow Machine
Michael Jones McKean, a former resident at the Bemis Center and now a professor at theVirginia Commonwealth University, has created a machine that can createartificial rainbows using natural materials. McKean has been practicingthe feat in parking lots for years and is now preparing for a largerinstallation at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha,Nebraska. [...]
Inside Professor Peter Peumans Solar Lab
Professor Peter Peumans of Stanford University spoke on Wednesday evening at the SVPVS (Silicon Valley Photovoltaic Society) on approaches to lowering the cost of solar energy conversion. Peumansis an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford andDeputy Director of the Center for Advanced Molecular Photovoltaics (CAMP).He is an expert in solar cell modeling and characterization [...]
“Personal” solar energy will help meet world’s energy needs, professor says
Personal-scale solar energy is essential to meeting the world’s energydemands in the next century, Massachusetts Institute of Technologyprofessor Daniel Nocera said in the latest issue of Inorganic Chemistry. Noceraenvisions a catalyst that could split water molecules into hydrogen andoxygen; the hydrogen, in turn, would be used to generate electricity ina fuel cell. The process is [...]