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A tenfold improvement in battery life?
January 15, 2008 Stanford researchers say silicon nanowires could help extend the life of a lithium ion battery for laptops from 4 hours to 40 hours.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.Pour yourself a silicon solar panel
October 12, 2007 Start-up claims it can create crystalline silicon solar cells with liquid, cutting manufacturing costs in half.AMD launches its 65-nanometer chips
December 5, 2006 Chips consume 30 percent less energy than same ones produced on 90-nanometer process when running at same speed.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.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.Solar industry chases a cheaper kilowatt
March 9, 2006 After decades of promise, solar power is starting to pay off via more efficient and affordable tech. Photos: The many faces of the solar powerIBM aims to salvage silicon for solar industry
October 30, 2007 Erase those old circuits and you've got some silicon for solar panels. Big Blue hopes the technique will take off with chipmakers.Photos: Reclaiming silicon with waterSolar 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.Applied invests in solar-wafer maker
November 20, 2006 Chipmaking-equipment bigwig dips another toe into solar energy with $3 million investment in silicon ingot maker Solaicx.Start-up plans first step toward solar homes
April 14, 2006 Heliovolt will start making prototypes this month, with an eye toward "power buildings."New solar technology hits snags
May 22, 2007 Companies hoping to sell an inexpensive solar technology have had to delay commercial production of their products or change their product line.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.Solar concentrator firm Solaria lands $22 million
September 19, 2006 Start-up attracts investment from silicon panel manufacturer Q-Cells and optical-storage company Moser Baer.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.Picture getting clearer on mobile phones
March 22, 2006 High-end display makers turn attention to mobile phones as technology advances ease small-screen manufacturing.Solar-cell business poised for huge growth
October 18, 2006 Manufacturing plants to produce solar cells at a daily rate equal to the entire solar-cell production in 1980.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 chipsChipmakers' silicon scraps feed solar industry's hunger
May 23, 2007 Selling unusable silicon wafers to solar cell makers is good for the environment, and companies like TI make money at it too.With hefty funding, solar start-up takes on big guns
June 21, 2006 With $100 million in its wallet, Nanosolar says it wants to topple the old guard in the solar industry. Sponsored matches for "silicon"
