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Berkeley Lab Interim Director Calls for a Science to Solutions Approach to...

Making a significant impact on greenhouse gas emissions will require a “science to solutions” approach in which basic scientific research is integrated into scaled-up applied technology development....

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The Practical Full-Spectrum Solar Cell Comes Closer

Berkeley Lab has long pioneered new materials and new methods for making solar cells that can convert the full spectrum of sunlight to electrical energy. Now Berkeley Lab researchers and their...

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A Research Center for Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan is a nation rich in energy resources but plagued by a history of exploitation and a legacy of environmental disasters. With an eye to a diverse economy, sustainable growth, and responsible...

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An Electronic Bucket Brigade Could Boost Solar Cell Voltages

Some ferroelectric materials can develop extremely high voltages when light falls on them, which might greatly improve solar cells if scientists could figure out how they do it. Researchers at Lawrence...

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How Energy Analysis Can Create More Bang For the Energy Research Buck

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) are working on a wide variety of clean energy technologies—from biofuels to batteries to solar energy—but now these disparate efforts...

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Supercomputers Accelerate Development of Advanced Materials

New materials are crucial to building a clean energy economy—for everything from batteries to photovoltaics to lighter weight vehicles—but today the development cycle is too slow: around18 years from...

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Photovoltaics from Any Semiconductor

Berkeley Lab researchers have developed a technology that enables low-cost, high efficiency solar cells to be made from virtually any semiconductor material. This opens the door to the use of...

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Berkeley Lab Researchers Discover Universal Law for Light Absorption in 2D...

Berkeley Lab researchers have demonstrated a universal law of light absorption for 2D semiconductors. This discovery not only provides new insight into the optical properties of 2D semiconductors and...

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First Ab Initio Method for Characterizing Hot Carriers Could Hold the Key to...

A new and better way to study “hot” carriers in semiconductors, a major source of efficiency loss in solar cells, has been developed by scientists at Berkeley Lab. (Photo by Roy Kaltschmidt) One of the...

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Berkeley Lab Report Quantifies the Financial Impacts of Customer-Sited...

Berkeley, CA — A new report prepared by analysts from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) examines the potential impacts of customer-sited solar...

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Local Market Conditions and Policies Strongly Influence Solar PV Pricing

Berkeley, CA — Differences in local market conditions and policies, and other factors, particularly the size of the system, can lead to wide disparities in what consumers across the United States pay...

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Berkeley Lab Illuminates Price Premiums for U.S. Solar Home Sales

A multi-institutional research team of scientists led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkley Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), in partnership with Sandia National Laboratories, universities, and...

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Made from Solar Concentrate

Bathing the Earth with enough energy in one hour to meet human needs for an entire year, the sun represents the ultimate source of clean, green sustainable energy. By combining designer quantum dot...

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Team of Appraisers Across Six States Find Home Buyers Will Pay Premium for...

Photovoltaics added value to homes in six markets, according to a new report titled “Appraising into the Sun: Six-State Solar Home Paired-Sales Analysis,” led by a researcher from the U.S. Department...

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Researchers Pinpoint the Drivers for Low-Priced PV Systems in the United States

Berkeley, CA — The price of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems installed on homes and small businesses spans a wide range, and researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National...

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