Building solar voltaic cells from nanowires instead of standard metal conductors can increase the amount of energy the cells can capture by a factor of 15, according to a new study by scientists from the Nano-Science Center in Denmark. ...
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Building solar voltaic cells from nanowires instead of standard metal conductors can increase the amount of energy that can be captured by a factor of 15, according to a new study by scientists from the Nano-Science Center in Denmark. The ...
Tags: Nanowires, Solar Power, Computer
Microstructures of alternative TCE materials: e, Scanning electron microscopy image of a Cu grid with a line width of 200 nm (ref. 41). f, Scanning electron microscopy image of an Ag nanowire network (mass density 93 mg m−2)77. g, ...
Tags: TCE materials, Transparent Contact Electrodes, electron microscopy
9 October 2012 IQE's III-V-on-Si laser materials enable next-gen hard disk drive technology Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff,Wales,UK says that it has produced epitaxial wafers combining the optical properties of ...
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4 September 2012 Wafer-scale transfer of III-Vs to silicon preparing for low-cost manufacturing Researchers based in the Republic of Ireland,Northern Ireland and the USA have developed a wafer-scale method to integrate III-V devices with ...
Tags: Wafer-scale transfer, electronics industry, low-cost manufacturing, laser
Amplified'weak'IR light shows PV,medical potential 25 Jul 2012 Dutch researchers harvest infrared photons,amplify power 3300 times in technique inspired by photosynthesis. Chemists and materials scientists from the University of ...
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New surface-emitting laser design could improve speed and efficiency of optical connections. On-chip laser,2 microns high A new design of surface-emitting laser measuring just 2 microns in height could make it easier for ...
Tags: laser, Nature Photonics, InGaAsP, Semerane
Stanford retinal implant combats vision loss 21 May 2012 An implanted subretinal array could restore useful sight to patients blinded by degenerative retinal diseases. A simpler system One characteristic of retinal conditions such as ...
Japanese researchers developed a high-efficiency phosphorescent OLED device without using any rare metal. The device was developed by a research group led by Chihaya Adachi and Kenichi Goushi, professors at the Center for Organic Photonics ...
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Japanese researchers developed a high-efficiency phosphorescent OLED device without using any rare metal. The device was developed by a research group led by Chihaya Adachi and Kenichi Goushi, professors at the Center for Organic ...
Tags: new technology
Gertrude Neumark Rothschild,whose research helped improve light-emitting and laser diodes now used in many cellphones,flat-screen televisions and Blu-ray disc players,and who waged a successful patent-infringement battle against some of the ...
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