Boston College
By Jeanne Roberts on May 5, 2011
Tags: Bloomberg, Thomson, USD, $1-per-watt, amorphous silicon, Bloomberg Government, Boston College, CO2, MIT, RED, Seebeck effect, solar hot water, solar photovoltaic, solar PV, solar thermal energy, solar thermoelectric generator, Stirling engine, waste heat capture, Austin, Boston College, electricity, energy, Gang Chen, Li Shi, manufacturing, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, semiconductor, solar thermoelectric energy, steel, Texas, Tom Casten, University of Texas at Austin
A collaboration between researchers from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Boston College has delivered a solar thermoelectric generator, or STEG, with a peak efficiency of 4.6 percent.
By Harry Tournemille on June 25, 2010
Tags: Boston College, low-cost solar, nanocoax, Nanoscale coax architecture, Physica Status Solidi, research and development, solar energy, solar energy research, solar power, thin-film solar cells, Boston College, Michael Naughton, semiconductors
Physicists at Boston College have discovered a possible means to solving solar technology's "thick and thin" dilemma.
