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Scientists develop efficient solar cell that captures nearly all the energy in the solar spectrum
•The solar cell converts direct sunlight to electricity with 44.5 per cent efficiency, and may potentially be the most efficient solar cell in the world.
Cell phone without battery invented by University of Washington researchers
Ians •The cell phone harvests the few microwatts of power it requires from either ambient radio signals or light and requires no batteries.
Researchers from MIT and Masdar Institute of Science make highly efficient 'step cell'
Fp Archives •In a collaborative project, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US and the Masdar Institute of Science in Abu Dhabi claim to have found a way to develop very high-efficiency solar cells at low cost.
Can solar power save India? Not unless it learns from coal
Fp Staff •India's 'coal mess' makes solar power attractive and an obvious choice. But will solar power be able to solve India's energy problems?
Indosolar in talks with China's GCL for $2 bln solar deal
Fp Archives •Solar photo-voltaic (PV) cellmaker Indosolar Ltd is in talks with Chinese polysilicon maker GCL-Poly Energy Holdings to tie up a new 4-year solar wafer supply deal.
Yash Birla Group firm to make silicon wafers, solar cells
Fp Archives •Birla Surya Ltd will invest Rs 54 billion over five years to set up an integrated facility for fabrication of multi-crystalline silicon wafers and solar photovoltaic cells.