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Flexible nanophase organic solar cells have 6% efficiency.(PROCESS TECHNOLOGY)
Advanced Materials & Processes, January, 2006
An efficiency rate for flexible organic solar cells of almost 6% has reportedly been achieved by researchers at Wake Forest University's Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials, Winston-Salem, N.C., with the help of researchers at New Mexico State University. To be considered a viable technology, the solar cells must be able to convert about 10% of the energy in sunlight to electricity.
Wake Forest researchers hope to reach 10% by October 2006, says David Carroll, director of the nanotechnology center at Wake Forest. Based on a set of polymer coatings, researchers at Wake Forest constructed a nanophase within the polymer called a mesostructure. The mesostructure changes the properties of the plastic and makes it better for collecting light. For more...
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