Archive - Jul 2008 - story
Japanese Patents issued in 2008
26. Publication number : 2008-071749
Date of publication of application : 27.03.2008
Application number : 2007-210121
Applicant : YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO LTD:THE
Date of filing : 10.08.2007
Inventor : MARUYAMA TSUKASA
Title: DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL, AND ITS ELECTROLYTE
Abstract: To reduce the content of clay necessary for gelating an electrolyte of a dye-sensitized solar cell.
DSC R&D gets funding in Singapore
Eight teams get $10m grants for clean energy research projects
Source: StraightTimes, Singapore, July 4, 2008
http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/STIStory_254527.html
$20m backing lights way for G24i’s growth
by Sion Barry, Western Mail, Jul 2 2008
Source: WalesOnline.CO.UK
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/business-in-wales/business-news/2008/07/02/
20m-backing-lights-way-for-g24i-s-growth-91466-21210119/
Dyesol awarded coveted Prime Corporate Responsibility rating by global rating agency
Canberra, Australia, 19 June 2008
Source: Ad-hoc News
http://www.ad-hoc-news.de/drucken.html?art_id=17758424
Bendy solar cells that can take the heat (Chemistry World RSC)
by Lewis Brindley, ChemistryWorld-RSC, 01 July 2008
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2008/July/01070801.asp
Perfecting A Solar Cell By Adding Imperfections (Science Daily)
Source: ScienceDaily, June 18, 2008
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080616163421.htm
Solar cell electrolytes: Into the mix (Nature)
by Gavin Armstrong, Nature Chemistry
http://www.nature.com/nchem/reshigh/2008/0708/full/nchem.34.html
The electrolytes of high-performance dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) have previously contained volatile solvents, which need robust encapsulation if they are to be used outdoors. Now, Michael Graetzel and co-workers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Changchun have developed stable and solvent-free ionic liquid electrolytes through the rational mixing of three solid imidazolium salts [1].
Solar dyes give a guiding light (BBC News)
By Matt McGrath. BBC science correspondent, 11 July 2008
Source: BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7501476.stm
A new way of capturing the energy from the Sun could increase the power generated by solar panels tenfold, a team of American scientists has shown. The new technique involves coating glass with a specific mixture of transparent dyes which redirect light to photovoltaic cells in the frame.