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December 02, 2016

Throwing new light on printed organic solar cells
Surrey, UK (SPX) Dec 02, 2016
Researchers at the University of Surrey have achieved record power conversion efficiencies for large area organic solar cells. In recent years scientists have been attempting to increase the efficiency of these cells to allow commercial applications such as integration into a building's glass facade, generating electricity to power the building. The research was led by the University of Surrey's Advanced Technology Institute (ATI) in collaboration with Oxford University, Aristotle University of Th ... read more

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