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IEEE Spectrum October 2007 Neil Savage	Nanowire Silicon Solar Cell for Powering Small Circuits A new type of solar cell made from a nanometer-scale wire might one day provide an on-chip power source for nanoelectronic devices or run microscopic robots, say scientists.
Scientific American July 2008 Steven Ashley	Engineering Silicon Solar Cells to Make Photovoltaic Power Affordable Baby steps for making solar as cheap as coal power.
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Technology Research News December 1, 2004 Kimberly Patch	Solar Cell Doubles as Battery Scientists have designed a single, compact device that can both convert solar energy to electricity and store the electricity.
IEEE Spectrum July 2007 Suhas Sreedhar	Plastic Solar Cells Get a Boost by Doubling Up Scientists in Korea and California have invented a new way of boosting the efficiency of cheap plastic solar cells, making them more competitive with traditional silicon solar cells. The key is to make the solar cells in pairs.
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Chemistry World September 13, 2006 Mark Peplow	Solar Cells Reach Into the Infrared A dye molecule that efficiently harvests the energy of near infrared light could boost the output from the next generation of solar cells.
Technology Research News March 12, 2003 Kimberly Patch	Cheap solar power on deck Researchers from the University of California at Santa Barbara have come up with a new type of solar cell that may be much less expensive to manufacture than today's solar cells and can be improved to be nearly as efficient.
National Defense August 2008 Grace V. Jean	Harnessing the Sun's Energy Through Transparent Photovoltaics Researchers here have developed a small transparent solar cell prototype that may one day capture sunlight streaming in through a window and produce enough electricity to power homes and office buildings.
IEEE Spectrum December 2012 Richard Stevenson	Powerful PVs Approach 50 Percent Efficiency Start-up Solar Junction thinks it has the right recipe in a triple-cell scheme
Chemistry World September 26, 2014 Tim Wogan	Perovskite solar cells show hydrogen production promise A new, highly efficient process for splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen has been demonstrated by researchers in Switzerland.
Chemistry World November 18, 2015 Nelly Berg	A bright future for silicon solar cell recycling South Korean scientists have developed a sustainable process to reclaim silicon wafers from old solar panels and used the salvaged silicon to build new solar cells.
The Motley Fool August 5, 2010 Eric Wesoff	Can a Disruptive PV Technology Topple First Solar? We list a few candidates for a "new black swan improbable pyro-nano-quantum-thingamajig technology" to displace thin-film PV.
BusinessWeek September 6, 2004 Otis Port	Another Dawn For Solar Power Tech breakthroughs and high energy prices are rekindling the industry.
IEEE Spectrum August 2008 Richard Stevenson	First Solar: Quest for the $1 Watt Within five years, this company's thin-film solar cells could compete with coal
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Chemistry World January 19, 2012 Rebecca Brodie	Efficiently harvesting the power of the sun Scientists from Japan and India have created a dye-sensitised solar cell with the highest recorded efficiency of 11.4%, breaking the record set five years ago.
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IEEE Spectrum October 2005 Prachi Patel-Predd	Juice From Solar Concentrate Taking a new approach to solar conversion, using advanced materials and solar-concentrator technology, researchers are developing a system that promises to be cheaper and smarter.
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Technology Research News March 10, 2004 Eric Smalley	Red wine mends solar cells Researchers from the University of Toledo have found a way to increase energy production using red wine.
Chemistry World January 9, 2008 Lewis Brindley	A Silicon Surprise Two teams of US scientists have demonstrated silicon-based 'thermoelectric' materials that could convert waste heat back into electricity.
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Technology Research News October 22, 2003 Eric Smalley	Nanowires make flexible circuits Nanowires might one day be used to make microscopic machines. But before then they could help liberate computer circuits from the rigid, expensive confines of silicon chips. A process that makes thin films from semiconductor nanowires improves the prospects for plastic electronics and electronic paper.
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Technology Research News July 16, 2003 Eric Smalley	Cheaper optics-chip link on tap One of the best ways to speed up the Internet would be to extend all the way to the home the fiber-optic lines that make up the Net's backbone. One piece of the fiber-to-the-home puzzle is a low-cost way of converting light pulses to electrical signals. A new semiconductor may do the trick.
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The Motley Fool August 17, 2007 Jack Uldrich	Slimmer Solar Grows Up Investment in thin-film solar technology is beginning to take off. While the new thin-films are less efficient than silicon-based solar cells, they can be manufactured much more easily, and expected to be very cost-competitive.
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Chemistry World March 7, 2007 Lionel Milgrom	Diatoms Transformed Into Silicon Sensors Materials scientists have found a simple method of converting frustules - the intricate silica-based skeletons of common single celled photosynthetic organisms called diatoms - into pure silicon structures with many applications.
Technology Research News March 9, 2005	Silicon Chip Laser Goes Continuous Useful lasers made from silicon would make it possible to move data between and within computer chips using light rather than electricity. This would make for faster chips that could be more tightly integrated with optical communications equipment.