Applied Materials is honored in the current issue of The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Technology Review as one of the world's 50 most innovative companies.More
Can you imagine the excitement of replacing kerosene lamps, the primary and traditional source of lighting in the Shaanxi Province, China, with electric light powered by solar energy?More
The first thing a photon sees when it hits a thin film solar panel is glass. The second is the top electrode of the cell, a thin layer called the transparent conductive oxide, or TCO. The TCO layer is critical since it can be engineered to boost the power output of a panel by 10%.More
I woke up last night to the sound of various electronic devices in my house resetting themselves — after yet another brief power outage. I don’t live on the fringes of civilization — downtown San Francisco is only a short drive away — but I’ve heard from a long-time resident that our local substation is especially finicky and we’ve been having a spat of nasty storms lately, which doesn’t help the situation. Sounds like the perfect opportunity for energy storage.More
Earlier this month, I attended the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, the world’s largest exhibition for consumer electronics. This year, in addition to the ever increasing dominance of LCD TVs over other display technologies in the market and the continued increase in screen sizes at reasonable price points, we also saw two revolutionary trends in form factor and viewing experience. More
Applied Materials is honored in the current issue of The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Technology Review as one of the world's 50 most innovative companies.
Can you imagine the excitement of replacing kerosene lamps, the primary and traditional source of lighting in the Shaanxi Province, China, with electric light powered by solar energy?
The first thing a photon sees when it hits a thin film solar panel is glass. The second is the top electrode of the cell, a thin layer called the transparent conductive oxide, or TCO. The TCO layer is critical since it can be engineered to boost the power output of a panel by 10%.
I woke up last night to the sound of various electronic devices in my house resetting themselves — after yet another brief power outage. I don’t live on the fringes of civilization — downtown San Francisco is only a short drive away — but I’ve heard from a long-time resident that our local substation is especially finicky and we’ve been having a spat of nasty storms lately, which doesn’t help the situation. Sounds like the perfect opportunity for energy storage.
