Thursday, June 24, 2010

Highly Efficient Solar Cells Could Result from Quantum Dot Research | Renewable Energy World

Highly Efficient Solar Cells Could Result from Quantum Dot Research | Renewable Energy World: "Tesax, United States -- Conventional solar cell efficiency could be increased from the current limit of 30 percent to more than 60 percent, suggests new research on semiconductor nanocrystals, or quantum dots, led by chemist Xiaoyang Zhu at The University of Texas at Austin."

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Green machine: Cars could run on sunlight and CO2 - tech - 02 June 2010 - New Scientist

Green machine: Cars could run on sunlight and CO2 - tech - 02 June 2010 - New Scientist: "Experimental solar-powered reactors have shown they can create the building blocks for synthetic liquid fuels. They've got a way to go, but these projects could take a big chunk out of net carbon dioxide emissions without the need for major changes to either vehicles or refuelling infrastructure."