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Photovoltaics Power an Indoor Revolution
Readers of a certain age may recall getting through math and science courses with the assistance of a trusty solar-powered calculator that could harvest just enough ambient light from the classroom to power its rudimentary electronics and LCD screen. For many years, such devices were something of an anomaly in an otherwise wall plug- and battery-powered world, where most gadgets were too sophisticated to get by with just a few microamps of light-generated current. Indoor-photovoltaic
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Photovoltaic Technologies Aim for Higher Efficiency Ratings
In a time of growing concern about climate change and the high cost of humanity’s carbon footprint, there are glimmers of hope. A global boom in sustainable energy investment is underway. The Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st...
Photonics Spectra, July 2019
Patterned Photovoltaic Absorbers Harvest Sunlight Better
Recent reports forecast solar power will become the world’s cheapest form of energy within the decade. The dramatic decrease in the price of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules in recent years (now hovering around 31 cents per watt peak) has resulted...
Photonics Spectra, July 2018
Quality, Durability, Relability Critical for Solar Photovoltaics
Making decisions that ensure the quality, durability and reliability of a photovoltaic (PV) is crucial for the development, installation and lifetime of a system. There are multiple ways in which these three attributes can be designed into all...
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Promise of Organic Photonics Looms Large
Organic materials could supersede their inorganic cousins in many applications thanks to some unique and intriguing properties. From lasers, lighting and Li-Fi (light fidelity) to OLED TVs and solar cells, organic photonics offers a thin, flexible...
Photonics Spectra, October 2017
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Fast and Sensitive Mid-IR Detectors for Gas Sensing
Demands from industrial, petrochemical and new medical diagnostic applications are very wide-ranging — from air quality, emission monitoring and leak detectors, to breath analyzers and explosive material sensors. For many years, mid-IR...
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Solar Steps Up
Despite a challenging environment, there is hope for the solar market with progress being made across many areas of technology. While the advances may not be revolutionary, the small steps toward improving the key features of cost, efficiency and...
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Germany is known as “the land of ideas” in the photonics industry. France has become a top contender in optics and photonics innovation. And now, Australia, China, Japan and others in the Asia-Pacific region are swiftly emerging as major players in...
Photonics Spectra, July 2016
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France: A Top Competitor in Optics, Photonics
The industry is flourishing in France with the growth of solar and other energy markets, innovations in research and development, and promotion of optics and photonics across the nation. These and numerous other initiatives are priming France to...
Photonics.com, September 2015
Laser World of Photonics
Laser Munich will focus on image processing, from products and systems to manufacturing and applications. Image processing and laser systems are ever-present in modern manufacturing. The 2015 Laser World of Photonics conference and trade fair,...
Photonics.com, June 2015
Solar Cell Materials: Finding a Happy Medium
Marrying the low cost of thin-film and the efficiency of crystalline silicon helps to improve solar cells. The solar industry is at another inflection point in its development. Costs have come down as a result of a significant increase in capacity,...
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Manufacturers Refocus Technology Efforts Following Recent Financial Woes
Overcapacity has caused financial problems in the past few years, so the solar industry has been somewhat less focused on implementing technology advances - but today things are looking up and research is being rivived. The solar market was...
Photonics Spectra, March 2014
Tough Times Call for European PV Manufacturing to Step Up
With a tough economic market and global differences in government subsidies, it has never been more important for European PV makers to focus on their production techniques to make solar even more profitable. Over the past 20 years, the European...
Photonics.com, December 2013
Better Materials Mean Better Solar Cells
Innovation in materials research is revealing a future in which solar power is inexpensive and efficient, and sunlight-harvesting thin films cover everything from airplanes to buildings. Crystalline silicon, or c-Si, is the dominant photon-absorbing...
Photonics Spectra, September 2013
Q&A European Machine Vision Market Is ‘Continuously Growing’
Industry experts share their thoughts on the market’s present and future. Machine vision is arguably one of the keys to efficient manufacturing: From automation to inspection and quality control, vision technologies enable manufacturers to...
Photonics.com, June 2013
QDs Are Entering the Mainstream
Since their discovery in the 1980s, quantum dots have been quietly gaining momentum, making slow but steady headway in applications from displays and lighting to photovoltaics and health care. Unique and versatile, quantum dots (QDs) are no longer...
Photonics Spectra, February 2013
Grid Connection Slow in Spite of PV Growth
The European photovoltaic installation market is addressing challenges to grid connection, including complex permitting and lengthy wait times. Solar power, now the third most important renewable energy source in terms of globally installed capacity...
Photonics.com, December 2012
Material Matters for Photovoltaics
Researchers are working to find ever-better materials for solar cell production. It may be tricky times for much of the photovoltaics (PV) industry, but fervent research into solar cell materials has not ceased. From the innovative tailoring of...
Photonics.com, December 2012
DPSS Lasers Overcome Glass Process Challenges
Industrial laser glass processing holds promise for an increasing range of applications, including biomedical and solar panel manufacturing. Higher-power and higher-beam-quality lasers continue to emerge on the marketplace, and industry...
Photonics Spectra, September 2012
Silicone promises to extend solar cells’ lives
Coating photo-voltaic (PV) cells with liquid silicone could yield more robust and sustainable solar cells at a fraction of the cost of traditional ones. Solar panels deliver power without risk to the environment and climate, but their...
Photonics.com, September 2012
Where the Jobs Are
In today’s recovering economic climate, the outlook for jobs in photonics, optics and related disciplines is generally more favorable than it has been and is showing signs of continuing improvement, according to one longtime recruiter for the...
Photonics Spectra, August 2012
Lasers Change the Shape of the Photovoltaics Industry
Laser technology and photovoltaics manufacturing make naturally happy partners. Lasers lend themselves well to the needs of PV development such as drilling, trenching, ablation, welding and doping. Lasers may have been made for photovoltaics...
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Research at the Nanoscale Boosts Green Photonics
Improving the efficiency of thin-film solar cells is a key challenge, and some believe that nanophotonics could be the answer. Nanophotonic structures give us better control over light, enabling us to manipulate it in ways never seen before...
Photonics Spectra, December 2011
Metamaterials: Photonic Sleight of Hand
Invisibility cloaks, perfect imaging, enhanced photovoltaic light collection, all-optical memories and biosensing are just some of the intriguing applications of metamaterials currently grabbing headlines in scientific journals. The field of...
Photonics Spectra, September 2011
New Materials Build Better Organic Photodetectors
Organic photodetectors are destined to enhance numerous sectors ranging from industrial markets for process control, object recognition and light management to consumer electronics for motion detection and interactive surface applications. OPDs,...
Photonics Spectra, August 2011
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