Grätzel cells work by using the interaction of a structured semiconductor less than nanometer in size and an organic dye acting as a solar collector. Many tweaks to the Grätzel cells are done at the dye level, but this one is different.
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Archive for October 14th, 2009
Redox Flow Batteries: a Quickly-Charging Alternative to Li-Ion?
Posted in October 14th, 2009
by Ovidiu in Environment
Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology (ICT) in Pfintzal, near Karlsruhe, propose an alternative to the lazily-charging Lithium-Ions: the redox flow batteries.
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New Method of Guiding Light Through Polymer Helps Solar Cells Get Cheaper
Posted in October 14th, 2009
New research is paving the pathway towards better and more efficient solar cells, as University of Florida chemists have invented a method of “hacking” the molecular structures of the materials the solar cells are made of, in order to gain a maximum transfer efficiency from them.
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