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Former Member
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I agree. I wish that there was a way to see if the work your machine did was out of the ordinary in any way. Perhaps if the molecule turns out to be extra special, it would be great to know that you did the work on it.
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romanzmykulova
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Hi!
I'v read article about new record: 19.9% efficiency for thin film solar cells... this article is here: http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=52049 What do you think: are we looking for something what was allready invented?  Best wishes! |
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martianmoons
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Hi! I'v read article about new record: 19.9% efficiency for thin film solar cells... this article is here: http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=52049 What do you think: are we looking for something what was allready invented? Best wishes! Thanks for posting, this is very interesting!  Sounds like there is still a lot of work to be done, to quote from the article: The combination of optimizing material systems as well as optimizing processing techniques for these materials gives multiple pathways towards achieving increase in performance from solar cells that can eventually lead to grid parity in terms of cost and efficiency, which seems to be one of the biggest challenges that solar technologies are currently facing. Also, are the CEP researchers planning on attending the Photovoltaics Beyond Conventional Silicon Conference mentioned in the article? |
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littlepeaks
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I found a graph entitled "Best Research-Cell Efficiencies" on Wikipedia, that shows the progression of efficiencies by year. It looks like organic solar cells is a relatively new field of research.
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romanzmykulova
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I found a graph entitled "Best Research-Cell Efficiencies" on Wikipedia, that shows the progression of efficiencies by year. It looks like organic solar cells is a relatively new field of research. Oh! Thanks! Now it is more clear to me... Please do somebody know what is third and what is second generation of photovoltaics? On wikipedia there are sometimes CdTe and CiGs considered as second and sometimes as third generation... Thanks! |
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Former Member
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The point of The Clean Energy Project and organic solar cells is to find cheap, easy to manufacture solar cells.
These fantastically expensive high efficiency technologies may be useful on the Space Station, but they aren't practical for mass-production, and are no help at all for developing countries. Organic technologies can make solar power cheap and ubiquitous, if they can just reach efficiencies where they are competitive. |
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