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Chemistry World April 3, 2013 Helen Bache	Nanopaper light scattering under control Collaborators in the US and China have demonstrated that by changing the diameter of cellulose fibers in nanopaper they can tailor its optical properties for use in optoelectronics.
IEEE Spectrum July 2007 Suhas Sreedhar	Plastic Solar Cells Get a Boost by Doubling Up Scientists in Korea and California have invented a new way of boosting the efficiency of cheap plastic solar cells, making them more competitive with traditional silicon solar cells. The key is to make the solar cells in pairs.
Chemistry World September 2, 2014 Jon Cartwright	Flexible solar cell woven into fabric There could soon be a way to power wearable electronics indefinitely, now that scientists in China have developed a solar cell 'textile' that could be woven into clothes.
Chemistry World November 7, 2012 Simon Hadlington	World's first all-carbon solar cell Researchers in the US and China have built a photovoltaic cell made entirely from carbon. The electrodes and light-active layers are made from a combination of three carbon allotropes -- nanotubes, fullerenes and graphene.
National Defense August 2008 Grace V. Jean	Harnessing the Sun's Energy Through Transparent Photovoltaics Researchers here have developed a small transparent solar cell prototype that may one day capture sunlight streaming in through a window and produce enough electricity to power homes and office buildings.
The Motley Fool June 6, 2011 Travis Hoium	Solar Manufacturers Push Efficiency Chinese manufacturers will introduce new more efficient modules at this week's Intersolar Exhibition.
Chemistry World May 21, 2015 Matthew Gunther	Research shines light on perovskite solar cell manufacturing Scientists in South Korea who broke the efficiency record for a perovskite solar cell earlier this year have come up with a new method to manufacture them.
Chemistry World April 18, 2013 Yuandi Li	Reducing the cost of perovskite solar cells A new way of making semiconducting perovskite-based solar cells could result in photovoltaic devices that are 70% cheaper than current commercial models, say UK scientists.
CIO August 15, 2002 Justine Brown	Portable Plastic Power What if you could power portable electronics anywhere you could access solar energy? That's the scenario two researchers at the University of California at Berkeley imagined when they developed a new generation of solar cells that combine nanotechnology with plastic electronics.
Chemistry World June 17, 2010 Hayley Birch	Keeping the heat up for super-efficient solar cells US scientists have found a way to siphon off the 'hot' electrons that are responsible for much of the energy lost in current solar cells.
The Motley Fool October 18, 2006 Jack Uldrich	Sharp Magnifies Its Focus on Solar Four new initiatives could extend the company's manufacturing lead in solar cells. Investors interested in solar should keep an eye on the company.
Chemistry World April 4, 2010 Simon Hadlington	New electrolyte for dye-based solar cells Researchers have moved a step closer to overcoming one of the key hurdles to developing low-cost solar cells based on dye-coated titanium dioxide.
IEEE Spectrum January 2011 Neil Savage	Electronics on Anything Chemical trick puts solar cells and other electronics on rice paper, Saran wrap, and more practical things, too
Chemistry World June 19, 2014 William Bergius	Organic solar cells reach manufacturing milestone Scientists in Denmark have devised a rapid, scalable and industrially viable way to manufacture large sheets of flexible organic tandem solar cells.
Chemistry World January 19, 2012 Rebecca Brodie	Efficiently harvesting the power of the sun Scientists from Japan and India have created a dye-sensitised solar cell with the highest recorded efficiency of 11.4%, breaking the record set five years ago.
The Motley Fool January 20, 2006 Dan Bloom	Is the Price of Power Getting You Down? Nanotechnology may dramatically lower solar cell production costs. Investors, take note.
Technology Research News December 29, 2004	Solar Cell Teams Plastic and Carbon Researchers have fabricated an inexpensive, plastic-based solar cell that has the potential to be fairly efficient
Chemistry World September 26, 2014 Tim Wogan	Perovskite solar cells show hydrogen production promise A new, highly efficient process for splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen has been demonstrated by researchers in Switzerland.
The Motley Fool December 4, 2007 Toby Shute	A Sharp Elbow to Your Solar Stock Sharp Corporation, the world's leading solar cell maker, just broke ground on a gigantic manufacturing complex that will primarily produce large-screen LCD panels, and 1,000 megawatts of thin-film solar cells.
Chemistry World January 7, 2016 Matthew Gunther	Stable caesium-doped perovskites boost silicon solar cells The caesium-doped lattice also has the potential to increase the efficiency of a conventional silicon solar cell when placed on top.
The Motley Fool December 7, 2006 Jack Uldrich	Boeing Basks in the Sun A new solar breakthrough could expand a subsidiary's business. Investors, take note.
Technology Research News May 19, 2004 Kimberly Patch	Solar Crystals Get 2-for-1 Ordinary solar cells are designed to generate one electron for every photon they absorb. Solar cells made from nanocrystals open another possibility -- two electrons for every photon -- that promises to boost the potential amount of energy that can be harvested from the sun.
Chemistry World July 29, 2014 Vicki Marshall	Spray-deposition steers perovskite solar cells towards commercialization A low-cost, high-efficiency technique for fabricating perovskite solar cells -- ultra-sonic spray-coating -- has been developed by a team of researchers in the UK.
Technology Research News December 31, 2003	Electroplating boosts solar cells While not yet ready for practical use, researchers find that including titania in solar cell dyes can increase efficiency.
Chemistry World February 24, 2012 Phillip Broadwith	How to measure solar cell efficiency correctly Compounding small mistakes in measuring that efficiency can lead to values up to five times higher than the true reading, says Henry Snaith from the University of Oxford, UK.
IEEE Spectrum June 2012 Dave Levitan	The Solar Efficiency Gap Companies continue to push solar-cell efficiency records toward theoretical limits. Are actual production-line solar panels keeping up?
Chemistry World August 8, 2011 Rebecca Brodie	A Solar Torch to Fit in Your Back Pocket A solar powered torch the size of a credit card has been developed by a team of scientists from Denmark, the Netherlands and the US.
Chemistry World July 31, 2012 Fiona McKenzie	Sorting the good from the bad US scientists have found a way to separate cancerous cells from healthy cells by taking advantage of their adhesion properties. Separating cancer cells for analysis is a critical step for determining the recommended course of treatment for patients.
Chemistry World April 30, 2014 Tim Wogan	High efficiency solar cells stack up A new high efficiency solar cell that is easier and potentially cheaper to produce than current designs has been demonstrated by US researchers.
Chemistry World May 5, 2010 Phillip Broadwith	Nanoholes promise solar power Silicon solar cells with arrays of nano-sized holes could outperform their nanowire-based rivals, say Chinese chemists.
IEEE Spectrum August 2011 Neil Savage	Solar Cell Breaks Efficiency Record Recycling photons raises the energy output.
Chemistry World January 19, 2012 Elinor Richards	Korean doors inspire new energy converter In a setup resembling traditional Korean doors, scientists from Korea have made dye-sensitised solar cells that are bendy enough to be rolled around a pen and twisted, while maintaining their energy conversion efficiency at 90% of that of the flat form.
Chemistry World May 16, 2014 Vicki Marshall	The future is lead-free for perovskite solar cells A lead-free and non-toxic alternative to current perovskite solar-cell technology has been reported by researchers in the UK: tin halide perovskite solar cells.
Chemistry World April 19, 2012 Charlie Quigg	An invisible menace for solar cells US chemists have shown that trace impurities - below the sensitivity of standard characterization techniques - can halve the efficiency of bulk heterojunction solar cells.
Popular Mechanics March 2009 Amber Fields	The Window to Energy Saving These color-coated glass or plastic plates with solar cells around the edges could increase the efficiency of existing solar panels by as much as 50 percent.
Chemistry World January 23, 2014 Jennifer Newton	Efficient recovery justifies silver's use in solar cells Silver is a scarce raw material but the first real scale study of recycling polymer solar cells reveals that its use can be sustainable.
Chemistry World June 27, 2011 Catherine Bacon	A Step Forward for Space Power US scientists have gained insights into how to improve polymer solar cells' stability in space to power shuttles.
The Motley Fool August 5, 2010 Eric Wesoff	Can a Disruptive PV Technology Topple First Solar? We list a few candidates for a "new black swan improbable pyro-nano-quantum-thingamajig technology" to displace thin-film PV.
Chemistry World October 29, 2015 Matthew Gunther	Thin film perovskite solar cell passes the efficiency test A team of scientists has manufactured the first thin film perovskite solar cell with a reported efficiency that has been officially recognized by an accredited national test laboratory.
The Motley Fool July 27, 2010 Michael Kanellos	Innovalight Signs With Yingli for Second Chinese Solar Deal Innovalight has signed a research and production deal with Yingli Green Energy that, ideally, will lead to a marriage of low-cost Chinese manufacturing and U.S. technological expertise.
IEEE Spectrum June 2010 Peter Fairley	GE Warms Up to Cadmium Solar Cells Plans to compete with First Solar and other leaders in 2011
Chemistry World November 19, 2013 Jessica Brand	From seaweed to solar cells After years of using platinum, scientists suggest they could one day use extracts from marine plants to replace it in solar cells.
The Motley Fool February 12, 2010 Toby Shute	JA Solar Is Simply Smokin' This is a strikingly strong solar report.
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IEEE Spectrum October 2007 Neil Savage	Nanowire Silicon Solar Cell for Powering Small Circuits A new type of solar cell made from a nanometer-scale wire might one day provide an on-chip power source for nanoelectronic devices or run microscopic robots, say scientists.
Chemistry World May 31, 2012 Phillip Broadwith	Dyeing for a place in the sun It is clear that dye-sensitized solar cells are beginning to find their feet alongside their silicon cousins. The next few years will be exciting for both academic and industrial players
Chemistry World May 1, 2009 Michael Gross	Efficient solar cells could work in tandem Researchers in Sweden have more than doubled the efficiency of a dye-based solar energy device.
The Motley Fool February 25, 2011 Travis Hoium	Investors See Clouds Over First Solar First Solar failed to impress investors with fourth-quarter earnings, but they weren't all that bad.
Chemistry World November 6, 2013 James Urquhart	Jingle cells are rocking on sunshine UK researchers have shown how solar cell efficiency can be boosted by up to 50% by harnessing acoustic vibrations in the environment, including those caused by roof-top machinery, traffic and even pop music.
Chemistry World September 15, 2011 Elinor Richards	Electricity - Any Time, Any Place An energy scavenger device that can convert both solar energy and movement energy into electricity to power portable electronics has been made by scientists from Korea and the US.