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Nanowires may boost solar cell efficiency, engineers say

May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 46 vote(s) | No comments yet

University of California, San Diego electrical engineers have created experimental solar cells spiked with nanowires that could lead to highly efficient thin-film solar cells of the future.


Held together by metal-metal bonds: a large ring containing 36 gold atoms

May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 18 vote(s) | No comments yet

Chinese researchers have recently made a “golden crown” with a diameter of only a few nanometers. It is a large ring-shaped molecule containing 36 gold atoms. The lords of the ring, a team of researchers from ...


Spin Control: New Technique Sorts Nanotubes by Length

May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 10 vote(s) | User comments: 1

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have reported a new technique to sort batches of carbon nanotubes by length using high-speed centrifuges. Many potential applications ...


UCSD nanostructures will raise thin-film solar cell efficiency

May 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 10 vote(s) | User comments: 1

Thanks to nanostructures that scatter and channel light, University of California, San Diego electrical engineers are working toward thin-film “single junction” solar cells with the potential for nearly 45 percent sunlight-to-electricity ...