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Copper doping boosts CdTe solar cell efficiency

By Jim Destefani / August 22, 2013

CdTe solar cells on a flexible metal foil (left), and electron microscopy image of the solar cell structure in the substrate configuration. From top: front electrical contact, CdTe layer, metal…

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Empa claims new ceramic foam approach advances diesel filter structure

By Eileen De Guire / April 30, 2013

“Honeycomb” monolith diesel exhaust filter on left compared to Empa’s ceramic foam substrate filter, right. Credit: Empa. By this time next year, Europe will be enforcing a tough, new standard…

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CIGS solar cells from Empa break efficiency record

By / January 25, 2013

High-efficiency flexible CIGS solar cells developed at Empa. Credit: Empa. (From Materials Views) Scientists at Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, have developed thin film solar…

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Europe Union launches aerogel insulation research and commercialization project

By / September 27, 2011

Credit: ARMINES/MINES ParisTech/CEP. A push like this in Europe was bound to happen sooner or later, and part of me thinks it would have been smart for the US, via…

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Aerogel plaster to restore historic buildings [updated]

By / January 11, 2011

Aerogel plaster is sprayed onto walls of historic buildings. (Credit: Empa) Renovating any historic structure is a project that comes with numerous challenges, one of which is how to insulate…

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