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Fact Sheet: MIT's solar concentrators

July 10, 2008

Organic solar concentrators collect and focus different colors of sunlight. Solar cells can be attached to the edges of the plates. By collecting light over their full surface and concentrating it at their edges, these devices reduce the required area of solar cells and consequently, the cost of solar power. Stacking multiple concentrators allows the optimization of solar cells at each wavelength,...

MIT opens new 'window' on solar energy

Cost effective devices expected on market soon

July 10, 2008

Chemistry professor Jonas Peters, Dan Nocera, Henry Dreyfus Professor of Energy, and Chris Cummins survey Nocera's piece of their solar energy work on artificial photosynthesis in Nocera's lab.

Harnessing solar energy like plants do

MIT chemists see near-term promise in mimicking photosynthesis

June 20, 2008

Matt Ritter, Doug Wood, Spencer Ahrens and Micah Sze mount one of the 10-inch by 12-foot mirror panels in place.

MIT prototype solar dish passes first tests

Low-cost system could revolutionize global energy production

June 18, 2008