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Organic solar cells

Now the use of solar panels has been demonstrated, it can be considered to improve the current concept. The problem with this concept is that the manufacturing of the main raw material of the panels (high-grade pure silicon) is a relatively expensive and energy inefficient process. Read the rest of this entry »

Solar cells

The first solar cells were developed in 1883 by Charles Fritt by covering selenium material layers with a thin layer of gold. This cell had an efficiency of only 1% and was more a “proof of concept”. Read the rest of this entry »