Saturday April 30, 2011
Sunny Delight:
Nanotech Boosts Solar Cell Efficiency 80%
Researchers have used nanotech to boost the efficiency of solar cells by 80%.
They developed a way to construct solar cells from 'nanocones', resulting in higher efficiency.
From Science Blog:
“The important concept behind our invention is that the nanocone shape generates a high electric field in the vicinity of the tip junction, effectively separating, injecting and collecting minority carriers, resulting in a higher efficiency than that of a conventional planar cell made with the same materials,” Xu said.
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