Electronics giant General Electric (GE) announced last week that it is getting into the thin-film solar panels industry. In a new partnership with PrimeStar Solar, GE will start R&D of cadmium telluride solar cells, with an eye toward marketing its own cad tel solar modules next year. In the so-called “cad tel solar” market, only [...]
Three cheers for solar technology advancements! This latest one comes from sunny Caltech (you might know it as California Institute of Technology). Researchers there have created a new flexible solar cell, which takes long, thin silicon wires and embeds them into a polymer substrate. The result is an inexpensive solar cell that can efficiently convert [...]
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Quick! When you think of solar panels, what are the major drawbacks that come to mind? Cost, efficiency, and bulk top the list. Companies like Prism Solar Technologies are working to address the disadvantages of solar energy through technological advances. Prism solar panels are a hybrid between silicon photovoltaic (PV) cells and specially-designed thin-film solar [...]
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The second annual Thin Film Solar Summit will be held December 1-2, 2009 in San Francisco, California. Over 300 experts will be in attendance at the Hotel Nikko, downtown near Market Street. Check out this list of speakers, from the official website: US Department of Energy , John Bartlett, Financial Analyst, Solar Energy Technologies Program [...]
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Roll-up solar panels may one day be the solar gadget that you cannot live without. These flexible solar panels are created with thin films of solar foil, which absorb sunlight energy from three different wavelengths. Unlike rigid PV solar panels, these are less costly, more portable, and very easy to use. And, they’ll allow you [...]
Review From the reviews: “A work devoted to the deposition technology and properties of zinc oxide, a transparent conducting material, and its various applications to thin film solar cells. … A list of references accompanies each chapter … of this well-written book. Illustrations are good … . Graduate students, faculty, and professional engineers will benefit [...]
