Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
By Jeanne Roberts on January 23, 2012
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In a new study released Jan. 18th, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) exposed the identities and energy-efficiency values of a number of cutting-edge water heating technologies in order to further leverage the most recent water heating innovations and assist consumers in choosing best value.
By Jeanne Roberts on November 10, 2011
Tags: Alta Devices Inc., Energy Efficient Electronics, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Center for Energy Efficient Electronics Science (E3S), concentrating solar power (CSP), electrons, epitaxial liftoff, gallium arsenide (GaAs), grid parity, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Science Foundation (NSF), photons, Shockley-Queisser Efficiency Limit (SQ), solar cells, tandem solar cells, thin-film photovoltaic (PV), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkeley), California, Cornell University, Eli Yablonovitch, energy, Harry Atwater, Katherine Lau Chair, National Science Foundation, Owen Miller, Sarah Kurtz, semiconductor, U.S. Department of Energy, UC Berkeley, University of California
Research at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) has demonstrated a completely counter-intuitive result for thin-film solar photovoltaic (PV) efficiencies, namely that the most efficient solar cells emit more photons than their competitors.
