Organic Photovoltaics (OPV) News
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Alfa Chemistry Semiconductor: A Diverse Portfolio to Support Semiconductor Research
Semiconductors are changing the World now. Considering the growing needs for semiconductors worldwide, Alfa Chemistry’s management decides to launch a completely new website for the showcase of its broad portfolio of advanced high-purity semiconductor chemicals and materials. All these products are suitable for semiconductor research in optics, MEMS and solar energy industries. “We ...
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Heliatek represents Saxony in new „Simply Saxony" image campaign
The Free State of Saxony has a long tradition of delivering groundbreaking inventions. Saxony provides perfect conditions for family businesses and industry giants, for inventors, start-ups and manufacturing companies. This is highlighted in the initiative “Simply Saxony". In the new image campaign “We do it. For real.", Saxony presents itself as a business location with innovative ...
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GARBE Renewable Energy – GREEN GmbH launches pilot project for innovative PV solutions from Heliatek GmbH in Berlin
Berlin Hohenschönhausen, 14 October 2021. The project, funded by the EU under the ‘LIFE’ programme, was officially commissioned on 13 October 2021 by representatives of the European Commission's funding commission, the project partner COMSA and representatives of the companies involved. Avoiding CO2 emissions wherever possible – GREEN also pursues this goal for managed ...
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Tradeshow: Big 5 Solar
Heliatek will exhibit at the Big 5 Solar – one of the leading solar exhibitions in the Middle East. The Big 5 Solar will take place from 12- 15th September at the Dubai World Trade Center. It is part of the leading International Building & Construction Show - The Big 5. We will present our innovative organic solar film HeliaSol®. This is our ultra-light, flexible and ultra-thin ...
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Webinar - Advanced Interconnection Technologies
In this webinar we discuss advanced interconnection technologies as developed at Solliance partners TNO and Forschungszentrum Jülich. Interconnection technology is needed to create a working solar module from a stack of thin-film photovoltaic layers. Together with researchers Veronique Gevaerts and Stefan Haas we take a look to different strategies to create different cells on a thin-film ...
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Spectroscopy Probes the Energy-Level Landscape of Solar Cells
A new spectroscopic method developed by researchers at Heidelberg University could enable scientists to study the physical principles of organic photovoltaics with extreme precision to better understand how energetic losses occur. The new method combines ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy and argon cluster etching to allow scientists to directly visualize the vertical energetic landscape in ...
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NEDO, Sharp, and Toyota to Begin Public Road Trials of Electrified Vehicles Equipped with High-efficiency Solar Batteries
NEDO, Sharp Corporation (Sharp), and Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) recently announced a plan to commence public road trials from late July 2019. The trials aim to assess the effectiveness of improvements in cruising range and fuel efficiency of electrified vehicles equipped with high-efficiency solar batteries.To facilitate the execution of this trial, Sharp modularized its world-class, ...
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NEDO, Sharp, and Toyota to Begin Public Road Trials of Electrified Vehicles Equipped with High-efficiency Solar Batteries
NEDO, Sharp Corporation (Sharp), and Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) announce today a plan to commence public road trials from late July 2019. The trials aim to assess the effectiveness of improvements in cruising range and fuel efficiency of electrified vehicles equipped with high-efficiency solar batteries. To facilitate the execution of this trial, Sharp modularized its world-class, ...
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A World First: Inauguration of the Organic Photovoltaic Roof in France
It was in response to a call for tenders, launched by the Charente-Maritime Department, that the teams of ENGIE proposed to cover the 530 sq. m roof of the Pierre Mendès-France secondary school, in La Rochelle, with HeliaSol® technology. Thanks to this innovation, which is a photovoltaic film installed with no need to strengthen the structure or pierce the roof, the Pierre ...
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NREL Finds Nanotube Semiconductors Well-suited for PV Systems
Researchers at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) discovered single-walled carbon nanotube semiconductors could be favorable for photovoltaic systems because they can potentially convert sunlight to electricity or fuels without losing much energy. The research builds on the Nobel Prize-winning work of Rudolph Marcus, who developed a fundamental tenet of physical ...
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Heliatek sets new OPV world record efficiency of 13.2%
Heliatek R&D teams reached a record conversion efficiency of 13.2% for an OPV multi-junction cell, setting a new world record for the direct conversion of sunlight into electricity using organic photovoltaic cells. The measurement was independently confirmed by Fraunhofer CSP. Thanks to the excellent low light and high temperature behavior of the organic semiconductor, the electricity ...
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Solar excitement: Modeling electron excitation in organic photovoltaic material could change the future of solar energy.
Original story at MIT News Organic photovoltaic material offers great promise for solar energy. The semi-conducting plastic is lightweight, flexible, relatively inexpensive, and easy to make. The problem is that, unlike inorganic photovoltaic material, it is not very efficient or stable. But work by Adam Willard, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry at MIT, has the potential to ...
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NREL Scientist Brian Gregg Named AAAS Fellow
Brian Gregg, a scientist at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). AAAS cited Gregg for "distinguished contributions to the field of solar photoconversion, particularly for developing a unified understanding of the photoconversion mechanism in the various cell types." At NREL, ...
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Solar Press and KROENERT announce partnership for low cost, flexible organic solar cell manufacture
Move dramatically reduces cost of Organic Photovoltaic (OPV) production, enabling low cost production of light weight, flexible solar cells Solar cell technology developer Solar Press and coating and printing experts KROENERT have announced the signing of a long term partnership agreement to develop and sell turn-key manufacturing solutions for Organic Photovoltaic (OPV) modules. This move, ...
By Carbon Trust
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The Principal Solar Institute Documents Role of Solar To Power Organic, Local Food Production
Principal Solar, Inc. (PSI; OTC Pink: PSWW), a publicly traded solar energy holding company executing a unique roll-up strategy to create the world's first distributed solar utility, today announced the release of “Energy Efficiency and Sustainability in Organic Food Supply.” Authored by James W. Keyes, chairman, Key Development LLC, R. Michael Martin, executive vice president, ...
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Markets for Inorganic and Organic Thin-Film PV Encapsulation - 2012
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Markets for Inorganic and Organic Thin-Film PV Encapsulation - 2012 http://www.reportlinker.com/p01010662/Markets-for-Inorganic-and-Organic-Thin-Film-PV-Encapsulation---2012.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Glass_Manufacturing SUMMARY Thin-film, DSC and organic PV are ...
By ReportLinker
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Key PV stakeholders gear up to meet in San Jose
Global PV experts are set to create a robust strategy to drive down LCOE in San Jose on 17-18 October The Utility Scale PV Plant Optimization Summit USA is only one week away, taking place on 17-18 October at the Airport Holiday Inn, San Jose, and over 150 of PVs most influential figures, innovators and hands-on experts have now confirmed to attend. The event will bring together key ...
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Heliatek`s Transparent Solar Films Will Enable Tinted Windows to Generate Electricity
Heliatek GmbH, technology leader in the field of organic photovoltaics, has announced that its transparent solar films could be used to be integrated between the glass sheets of double glazed windows. These windows would look like tinted glass as the unique vapor deposition technology for the solar films allows for a homogeneous coating of the solar layer without any distracting patterns or ...
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Energy Harvesting for Electric Vehicles 2012-2022
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Energy Harvesting for Electric Vehicles 2012-2022 http://www.reportlinker.com/p0487537/Energy-Harvesting-for-Electric-Vehicles-2012-2022.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Clean_Vehicle The electric vehicle industry - land, water and air - is rapidly rising to become a huge ...
By ReportLinker
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Opportunities in the Organic Photovoltaics Market - 2012
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Opportunities in the Organic Photovoltaics Market – 2012 http://www.reportlinker.com/p0878031/Opportunities-in-the-Organic-Photovoltaics-Market-–-2012.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Solar_Photovoltaic SUMMARY The purpose of this update is to examine the latest ...
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