New Flexible Photovoltaic Cells
Photovoltaic cells which convert sunlight into electricity through conductive organic polymers have a great potential. Not only are they cheap to produce in large numbers, but they are light and flexible. This could herald a new era for flexible solar panels following research and improvements in the efficiency that the flexible Photovoltaic cells convert sunlight into electricity.
A new study, researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and UCLA's California Nanosystems Institute (CNSI) have reported that they have made significant strides in enhancing and improving the performance of the flexible solar panels, and have built a device which features a "tandem" structure, combining a range of cells which feature different absorption bands. The new flexible solar device a new world record in July 2011 with a certified power-conversion efficiency of 8.62 percent.Combined with a new infrared-absorbing polymer material (from Sumitomo Chemical of Japan), the new photovoltaic cell has further enhanced efficiency of 10.6 percent breaking the previous world record the device had set.
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- Coryton Refinery agreement: Charles Hendry Statement
Energy Minister Charles Hendry said:
“This is excellent progress for Coryton refinery. It provides the business and its employees with a period of stability, keeps the facility operational and gives the administrators time to work on a long term solution for the site.
This has been an outstanding example of the whole local community working together to support the Administrator. My thanks to everyone concerned for the work done so far.”
Wed 15th Feb 2012 4:05pm - Earn Extra Money and Save the Planet with Wikaniko
Apparently, the Government wants us to go green. You see it on the TV and read it in the newspapers – eco-friendly living has been the buzz-phrase for the last few years. And although there is a guideline of how much CO2 we should cut by 2020 or 2030, there’s very little in the way [
Wed 15th Feb 2012 8:03pm - There’s another route to prosperity, says Len Wardle
The Chair of The Co-operative Group discusses its plans to make ethical leadership an expectation, not an aspiration.
Against the backdrop of a world left financially and spiritually poorer by the effects of the credit crisis, the co-operative business model is viewed as increasingly relevant, not least because it takes an alternative route to those businesses motivated purely by profit.
Wed 15th Feb 2012 9:15am
