Solar-cell efficiency improved with new polymer devices -- ScienceDaily New light has been shed on solar power generation using devices made with polymers. Researchers identified a new polymer -- a type of large molecule that forms plastics and other familiar materials -- which improved the efficiency of solar cells. The grou
Efficient triple-junction polymer solar cell design sets new record 31 Jul 2014 ... (Nanowerk Spotlight) Organic solar cells are conventionally made from ... keeping the orthogonal processing advantage of organic solar cells ...
UChicago-Argonne National Lab team improves solar-cell efficiency | UChicago News Citation: “Ternary blend polymer solar cells with enhanced power conversion efficiency,” by Luyao Lu, Tao Zu, Wei Chen, Erik S. Landry, and Luping Yu, Nature Photonics, Vol. 8, September 2014, published online Aug. 17, 2014, DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2014.172.
New polymer makes solar cells more efficient - Futurity Solar cells made from polymers have the potential to be cheap and lightweight, but scientists are struggling to make them generate electricity efficiently. A polymer is a type of large molecule that forms plastics and other familiar materials. “The field
Team improves solar-cell efficiency - Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and Technology This polymer solar cell consists of a new polymer, called PID2, which was developed in the laboratory of Luping Yu, professor in chemistry at the University of Chicago. The new polymer improves the efficiency of electrical power generation by 15 percent w
New Polymer Improves Solar Generating Efficiency by 15% Scientists at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory have identified a new kind of polymer that provides an inexpensive way to improve the efficiency of solar cells. The new compound, called PID2, is a type of polymer that forms familia
Solar-cell efficiency improved with new polymer devices ... 19 Sep 2014 ... New light has been shed on solar power generation using devices made with polymers. Researchers ...
Enhanced power-conversion efficiency in polymer solar cells using ... 19 Aug 2012 ... Polymer solar cells are lightweight and may represent a low-cost source of energy, although efficiency ...
UChicago-Argonne National Lab team improves solar-cell efficiency ... 18 Sep 2014 ... This solar cell consists of a new polymer, called PID2, which was developed in the laboratory of ...
Polymer solar cell reaches 11.5% efficiency - Optics.org 28 Jul 2014 ... Researchers in the US have developed a small-scale polymer solar cell with a conversion efficiency of ...
