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New Solution for Development of Affordable Solar Cells

Thanks to two technologies developed by Professor Benoît Marsan and his team at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) Chemistry Department, the scientific and commercial future of solar cells could be totally transf...

7 Apr 2010

Dow Corning Signs Contract with imec to Perform Solar Cell Research

Dow Corning, a global leader in silicones, silicon-based technology and innovation, signed a three-year contract with imec to perform joint research on next generations of crystalline silicon solar cells. In the framewor...

From IMEC 7 Apr 2010

Industrial Nanotech Signs Supplier Agreement with Grainger on Nansulate Protective Coatings

Industrial Nanotech, Inc. (Pink Sheets:INTK), an emerging global leader in nanoscience solutions, announced today it has entered into a supplier agreement with Grainger, a national distributor of maintenance, repair and ...

From Industrial Nanotech, Inc. 6 Apr 2010

1366 Technologies Announces NREL Program Completion for Direct Wafer Technology

1366 Technologies, a silicon photovoltaics (PV) equipment company, today announced it has completed its National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) PV Technology Pre-Incubator program six months ahead of schedule.

6 Apr 2010

UAlbany NanoCollege and Technic Partner to Enhance Efficiency of Solar Cells

Technic Inc. and the The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (“CNSE”) of the University at Albany today announced a research and development partnership that is designed to enable critical improvemen...

5 Apr 2010

World's Highest Photovoltaic Energy Conversion Efficiency Among Monolithically Integrated Flexible Solar Cells

Shigeru Niki, Shogo Ishizuka et al., of the Thin Film Compound Semiconductor Team, Research Center for Photovoltaics, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology have demonstrated the world's...

5 Apr 2010

CTI to Install its First Edible Oil Nano Technology Refining System

Cavitation Technologies, Inc. announced today that it will install its first edible oil nano technology refining system as a result of its exclusive licensing agreement with Desmet Ballestra.

3 Apr 2010

Researchers Conduct Study on Lightweight Lithium-Air Batteries

A team of researchers at MIT has made significant progress on a technology that could lead to batteries with up to three times the energy density of any battery that currently exists. Yang Shao-Horn, an MIT associate...

3 Apr 2010

Spray Painting Technique to Manufacture Organic Thin-Film Transistors

A multidisciplinary research team at NIST has found that an organic semiconductor may be a viable candidate for creating large-area electronics, such as solar cells and displays that can be sprayed onto a surface as easily as paint.

3 Apr 2010

Researchers Discover Photovoltaic Effect at Nanoscale in Multiferroic Ceramic Material

A newly discovered path for the conversion of sunlight to electricity could brighten the future for photovoltaic technology. Researchers with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have found a new mechanism by which the photovoltaic effect can take place in semiconductor thin-films.

1 Apr 2010