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Yes, multi-junction cells have a lot of mileage and allow for very high PCEs. They are unfortunately also very expensive, so increasing the efficiency by a factor of 2 is often bought by a price increase of a factor of 10-100.
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Jim1348
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The first two of these videos from the BBC present electron-trapping in the C60 (fullerene) molecule, whereas the third one discusses the Artificial Leaf work at Harvard with Prof. Nocera; very informative.
http://www.bbc.com/specialfeatures/horizonsbu...lay=true&vid=p017f5z6 |
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Nice clips.
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I wonder how applicable CEP's database and/or screening process (with modifications, perhaps) would be to the search for a material to replace the expensive platinum now used in oxygen-reduction reactions?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130605111518.htm |
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cjslman
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I found this to be an interesting article:
----------------------------------------An inside look at the world's largest solar-powered boat Sorry if this was already posted... I tried to search if it's had already been posted but didn't find anything  CJSL Crunching for a better world... |
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littlepeaks
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This is kind of related to CEP2 -- LG is coming out with a new TV that is based on Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED). The screen is curved.
See http://www.lg.com/us/oled/index.jsp Let's all go out and buy one tonight!!! The price is only in the $15,000 range. Coming to a store near you. |
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Hi littlepeaks,
you are hitting on an important point in your post. While our study is primarily focused on OPVs, the organic semiconductors we study may well have other areas of applications such as OLEDs, OFETs, etc. That's another reason why we make everything public, so that researchers in other fields can look at the data from different perspectives. Best wishes Your Harvard CEP team |
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svincent
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Interesting summary of an article in Nature describing the importance of electron spin in the efficiency of organic solar cells published here : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130807133432.htm.
Is this one of the properties being measured by cep2? |
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Solar Cells that have a 44.7% I/O efficiency [from Fraunhofer, which reminds me more of the mp3 audio encoder format]... http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/09/26/2...er-efficient-solar-cells/
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jonnieb-uk
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The Economist article on using perovskite rather than silicon in solar cell production.
----------------------------------------Cell a million? |
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