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Categories: Environmental   |   Science   |   Technology  
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Solar energy technology is becoming more efficient and more effective while also becoming invisible to the naked eye - here's how.

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Nanowire-based Solar Cells
http://nanowires.berkeley.edu/index.php/nanowire-based-solar-cells/
"Excitonic solar cells - including organic, hybrid organic-inorganic and dye-sensitised cells (DSCs) - are promising devices for inexpensive, large-scale solar energy conversion. The DSC is currently the most efficient and stable excitonic photocell. Central to this device is a thick nanoparticle film that provides a large surface area for the adsorption of light-harvesting molecules. However, nanoparticle DSCs rely on trap-limited diffusion for electron transport, a slow mechanism that can limit device efficiency, especially at longer wavelengths."

Glowing Nanomaterial To Drive New Generation Of Solar Cells
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160418095909.htm
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