{"id":691027,"date":"2010-03-15T00:19:04","date_gmt":"2010-03-15T04:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/cuess-solar-panel-photovoltaic\/14507\/"},"modified":"2010-03-15T00:19:04","modified_gmt":"2010-03-15T04:19:04","slug":"solar-panels-made-three-times-cheaper-and-four-times-more-efficient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/691027","title":{"rendered":"Solar panels made three times cheaper and four times more efficient"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gizmag.com\/pictures\/hero\/cuess-solar-cell.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"The Concentrated Universal Energy Solar System (CUESS) to be commercialized by Technique S...\"><\/p>\n<p>As regular readers will know, we cover more than our fair share of breakthroughs promising next-generation super-efficient solar cells. Everything from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/nanopillars-cheap-efficient-solar-cells\/12217\/\" >growing photovoltaic crystals<\/a>, applying <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/superhydrophobic-surface-treatment\/11336\/\" >special coatings<\/a> or using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/carbon-nanotubes-solar-cell\/12819\/\" >carbon nanotubes<\/a> teases us with cheaper, more efficient solar energy &#8211; eventually. In this latest news, scientists are using current technology in a new type of concentrating array which they say is four times more efficient and three times cheaper than current solar cells&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/electricity\/\" rel=\"tag\">Electricity<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/photovoltaic\/\" rel=\"tag\">Photovoltaic<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/solar\/\" rel=\"tag\">Solar<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Related Articles:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/7873\/\">U.K. team researches thinner, cheaper solar cells<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/1782\/\">Flexible Cells to expand Solar Energy applications<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/european-researchers-achieve-solar-efficiency-record\/10421\/\">European researchers achieve solar efficiency record<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/boost-output-next-gen-solar-cells-dssc\/13500\/\">New development boosts output of DSSC solar cells<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/carbon-nanotubes-solar-cell\/12819\/\">Carbon nanotubes used to build a near-ideal efficiency solar cell<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/worlds-largest-cigs-thin-film-solar-array\/10533\/\">750kW CIGS thin film solar array goes online in Arizona<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Nmqrfkse2EKQCRCXmVNehaGaDAU\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Nmqrfkse2EKQCRCXmVNehaGaDAU\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Nmqrfkse2EKQCRCXmVNehaGaDAU\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Nmqrfkse2EKQCRCXmVNehaGaDAU\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=93dzr4UIJmE:thSCTASDH3Y:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=93dzr4UIJmE:thSCTASDH3Y:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=93dzr4UIJmE:thSCTASDH3Y:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=93dzr4UIJmE:thSCTASDH3Y:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=93dzr4UIJmE:thSCTASDH3Y:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=93dzr4UIJmE:thSCTASDH3Y:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=93dzr4UIJmE:thSCTASDH3Y:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine\/~4\/93dzr4UIJmE\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As regular readers will know, we cover more than our fair share of breakthroughs promising next-generation super-efficient solar cells. 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