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Silicon vs. CIGS: With solar energy, the issue is material
October 2, 2006
What should solar panels be made of? Silicon has history on its side, but the future may lie in CIGS.
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Solar cell breaks efficiency record
December 6, 2006
It converts almost 41 percent of light that hits it into electricity, almost double the efficiency of current commercial cells.
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Move over silicon, there's new transistor material in town
December 8, 2006
MIT, among others, is working with new composite materials it hopes will be able to reliably outpace the conducting speed of silicon.
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Sharp expanding beyond silicon in solar
October 17, 2006
Company experiments with new materials and techniques--and even partners with a bank--to push solar energy forward.
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Harnessing quantum dots for solar panels
June 27, 2007
Sources say a start-up is working to use the tiny particles to convert sunlight into electricity.
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Chip companies entering their metal period
January 27, 2007
Intel, IBM and AMD plan to unveil chips built using new materials, marking a historic shift away from traditional transistor ingredients.Intel shows off Penryn chips
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Solar start-up snags $35 million as CIGS ignites
October 27, 2006
Will CIGS technology challenge silicon in solar panels? Venture capitalists are helping fuel the debate.
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