Nanosolar recently announced that it will be selling and marketing its copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) solar panels this year. After intensive R&D, the company has reached 16.4% efficiency in the laboratory, closing in on the nearly 20% solar panel efficiency for a CIGS solar panel achieved by the publicly owned and operated National Renewable [...]
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Recently, Boston College researchers observed the so-called “hot electron” effect in a solar cell for the first time, and then harvested the charges with ultra-thin solar cells.
What does this mean for you and for me? The short answer is: improved solar panel efficiency.
Generally speaking, when UV light is captured in solar cells, it generates free [...]
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I woke up this morning to the first snow of the winter season. Only about 2 inches deep, but enough to cover the yard and streets with a calming white blanket. The snow brings to mind one of the common concerns that people that own, or are considering, solar panels have. Do the winter months [...]
