Polymer Solar Cells Increase Sunlight Absorption
UCLA researchers, Yang and team, experiment with photovoltaic polymer material that improves solar cell efficiency. ...
... "Yang Yang, a professor of materials science and engineering, and colleagues describe the design and synthesis of a new polymer, or plastic, for use in solar cells that has significantly greater sunlight absorption and conversion capabilities than previous polymers. The research team found that substituting a silicon atom for carbon atom in the backbone of the polymer markedly improved the material's photovoltaic properties. This silole-containing polymer can also be crystalline, giving it great potential as an ingredient for high-efficiency solar cells. " ...Via UCLA: Polymer solar cells with higher efficiency
UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science
Research Team
Plastic Solar Cells: "Solarmer was founded in 2006 to commercialize technology developed at the NanoRenewable Energy Center at the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA."
Research Team
Plastic Solar Cells: "Solarmer was founded in 2006 to commercialize technology developed at the NanoRenewable Energy Center at the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA."