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    Abstract: The idea of harvesting solar energy has existed for quite some time. With the increase flux of advanced technology with a new wave of electrical technology the demand for energy is becoming more apparent. Researchers have been looking at many alternate forms of energy, but most of all solar energy has always been of significant promise but always too inefficient to be a viable power source. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University have experimentally demonstrated a new and paradigm construction for solar cells which could lead to make them less expensive, easier to manufacture, and more efficient at harvesting solar energy.

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    Abstract: The idea of harvesting solar energy has existed for quite some time. With the increase flux of advanced technology with a new wave of electrical technology the demand for energy is becoming more apparent. Researchers have been looking at many alternate forms of energy, but most of all solar energy has always been of significant promise but always too inefficient to be a viable power source. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University have experimentally demonstrated a new and paradigm construction for solar cells which could lead to make them less expensive, easier to manufacture, and more efficient at harvesting solar energy.

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    Abstract: The idea of harvesting solar energy has existed for quite some time. With the increase flux of advanced technology with a new wave of electrical technology the demand for energy is becoming more apparent. Researchers have been looking at many alternate forms of energy, but most of all solar energy has always been of significant promise but always too inefficient to be a viable power source. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University have experimentally demonstrated a new and paradigm construction for solar cells which could lead to make them less expensive, easier to manufacture, and more efficient at harvesting solar energy.

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    Scott Hudson Materials November 22, 2013 Extra Credit: New Paradigm for Solar Cell Construction The

    idea of harvesting solar energy has existed for quite some time. With the increase flux of advanced technology with a new wave of electrical technology the demand for energy is becoming more apparent. Researchers have been looking at many alternate forms of energy, but most of all solar energy has always been of significant promise but always too inefficient to be a viable power source. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University have experimentally demonstrated a new and paradigm construction for solar cells which could lead to make them less expensive, easier to manufacture, and more efficient at harvesting solar energy. The general idea behind a solar cell is that when light is absorbed electrons become excited and flow in a given direction. This flow generates a current, and a consistent direction is maintained when two different material are used. The core of the research that was done by these two Universities was finding a material that exhibits the bulk photovoltaic effect, called the Shockley-Queisser limit. This means that a material can be designed to have a bandgap for small packets of light, but the energy delivered by a large packet of light would be the same as for a small one, or a large bandgap can be used to increase the energy but then smaller packets of light would be wasted. They overcame this challenge by building a perovkite crystal. The crystal they made had the ability to have its band gap fine-tuned per percentage or barium nickel niobate. Ultimately I think that there is more research still to be done, but its a great step forward in future energy that new solar cells are being designed.

    Source: http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn-and-drexel-team-demonstrates-new-paradigmsolar-cell-construction

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