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November 30, 2016

New fabrication technique leads to broader sunlight absorption in plastic solar cells
Raleigh NC (SPX) Nov 30, 2016
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new strategy for fabricating more efficient plastic solar cells. The work has implications for developing solar cells with a wider absorption range and increased efficiency. As plastic solar cells now rival silicon-based solar cells in power conversion efficiency, researchers want to increase the range of photonic energies that plastic solar cells absorb. Ternary solar cells, in which three materials are mixed together as a light-harvesti ... read more

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