"Samsung is a clear leader in the electronics and solar sectors, " said Jason Hartlove, CEO of Nanosys.
This is why electronics in solar cells and TVs are covered with a rigid, thick barrier such as glass or expensive encapsulation layers.
Industry insiders like Resch and Julia Curtis, Sharp Electronics' solar industry strategy director, chuckled when asked whether they'll have a tougher time making their case at the Republican convention.
Specialty metals include metals like rare earth elements, which are being used more often in applications such as consumer electronics, solar panels and magnets used to power hybrid vehicles.
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Even if there remains some dispute over the exact figures used, what the study does highlight is the importance of developing an integrated paradigm of production and recycling for algal fuel production, as I stressed before in the context of rare metals such as are required to maintain the electronics and solar power industries.
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Then it intends to target automakers with solar rooftops and then consumer electronics.
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The fiberglass hull glides on the surface, with solar panels to power its electronics and sealed boxes to protect data-gathering instruments.
The SunShot initiative focuses on bringing down costs by pursuing innovations in four particular areas, including solar cell technology, power electronics that optimize the performance of installations, improvements in manufacturing processes, and installation and system design.
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The rays can damage satellite electronics, and if current solar wind conditions persist, engineers would have to take this into account when deciding how to "harden" their spacecraft.
After that, a solar flare damaged the craft's electronics, and its controllers decided on December 9th that they would not be able to put it into a Martian orbit.
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Plextronics, Inc. is an international technology company that specializes in printed solar, lighting, display and other organic electronics.
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The challenges on the site are incredibly varied and include everything from a multinational food company looking for a "Reduced Fat Chocolate-Flavored Compound Coating" to an electronics firm trying to design a solar-powered computer.
Flexible electronics will allow circuits, displays and solar captors to be integrated anywhere in the battle suit, including in the soldier's mask, as a transparent display.
"These results open the potential for visibly transparent polymer solar cells as add-on components of portable electronics, smart windows and building-integrated photovoltaics and in other applications, " said study leader Yang Yang, a UCLA professor of materials science and engineering, who also is director of the Nano Renewable Energy Center at California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI).
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And, the creation of that plastic solar cell could change the requirements for the manufacturing of organic printed electronics.
Kirk Flittie, who manages the Global Observer program for AeroVironment, says operating costs are low because the plane doesn't have to take off and land very often and it uses propulsion systems and electronics developed for the company's high-flying solar-powered planes.
Last year in April 2012, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology created the first plastic solar cell (Forbes: New Technique Creates First Plastic Solar Cell) which they hope will help change requirements for manufacturing of organic printed electronics.
Covered in solar panels, a fully charged bag has enough juice to power a typical laptop or small electronics.
Bosch, the multinational engineering and electronics conglomerate based in Gerlingen, Germany, is pulling the plug on its solar energy business.
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That plastic solar cell was created through a special program at Georgia Tech called the Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics (COPE), which studies the use and development of printed electronics.
GaN switches convert power at higher frequencies than traditional components and can be easily embedded in virtually any electrical system from consumer electronics products to computer servers, HVAC equipment, industrial motor drives, and inverters for solar panels and electric vehicles.
But last year solar cell manufacturers bought more silicon wafers than chipmakers--and solar's demand for wafers is growing three times as fast as demand from the rest of the electronics industry.
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