{"id":521631,"date":"2010-04-08T20:23:32","date_gmt":"2010-04-09T00:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/low-cost-efficient-solar-cells\/14747\/"},"modified":"2010-04-08T20:23:32","modified_gmt":"2010-04-09T00:23:32","slug":"breakthrough-in-low-cost-efficient-solar-cells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/521631","title":{"rendered":"Breakthrough in low-cost efficient solar cells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/pictures\/hero\/solar-cells-1.png\" alt=\"Breakthrough in low-cost efficient, dye-sensitized solar cells\"><\/p>\n<p>The Earth receives more solar energy in one hour than the human race currently consumes in a year. At least, that&#8217;s what the scientists at Canada&#8217;s Universit&#233; du Qu&#233;bec &#224; Montr&#233;al (UQAM) tell us. That&#8217;s a lot of energy, and it&#8217;s going mostly untapped. Why? Because, we are told, solar collection cells are too inefficient and expensive to be more widely used. A researcher at UQAM, however, has come up with new technology that addresses these problems &#8211; for the first time in 20 years, according to Professor Beno&#238;t Marsan, there is an effective, low-cost solar cell&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/electrical\/\" rel=\"tag\">Electrical<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/energy\/\" rel=\"tag\">Energy<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/solar\/\" rel=\"tag\">Solar<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/solar-cell\/\" rel=\"tag\">Solar Cell<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Related Articles:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/fuel-cell-breakthrough-eco-friendly-cars\/9744\/\">Fuel cell breakthrough promises cheaper eco-friendly cars<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/6563\/\">Terrestrial Solar Cell Surpasses 40 Percent Efficiency<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/nano-technology-to-boost-solar-efficiency\/8540\/\">Nano Flakes promise greater solar energy efficiency<\/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\/new-solar-cell-efficiency-record-set\/10841\/\">New solar cell efficiency record set<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/4BS2p9NTbSsrRWJkUlZZBjqUtqU\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/4BS2p9NTbSsrRWJkUlZZBjqUtqU\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/4BS2p9NTbSsrRWJkUlZZBjqUtqU\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/4BS2p9NTbSsrRWJkUlZZBjqUtqU\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=zRk20oSb82E:KPNZO-qLPZE: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=zRk20oSb82E:KPNZO-qLPZE: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=zRk20oSb82E:KPNZO-qLPZE:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=zRk20oSb82E:KPNZO-qLPZE:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=zRk20oSb82E:KPNZO-qLPZE:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=zRk20oSb82E:KPNZO-qLPZE:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=zRk20oSb82E:KPNZO-qLPZE: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\/zRk20oSb82E\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Earth receives more solar energy in one hour than the human race currently consumes in a year. At least, that&#8217;s what the scientists at Canada&#8217;s Universit&#233; du Qu&#233;bec &#224; Montr&#233;al (UQAM) tell us. That&#8217;s a lot of energy, and it&#8217;s going mostly untapped. Why? 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