Amazingly the results from the structures they ve tested show power output ranging from double to more than 20 times that of fixed flat panels with the same base area.
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However in a new study in energy and environmental science a team of mit researchers has taken a different approach by changing the shape of the solar panels.
A team led by mit students this week successfully tested a prototype of what may be the most cost efficient solar power system in the world one team members.
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While we ve looked at the development of solar cell technologies that employ nanoscale 3d structures to trap light and increase the amount of solar energy absorbed mit researchers have now used 3d.
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Now a team of mit researchers has come up with a very different approach.
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Mit researchers just unveiled a new three dimensional solar array that can produce up to 20 times more energy per square foot than traditional flat arrays and it s potentially more efficient than.
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Mit researchers have developed a new method for potentially increasing solar cell efficiency beyond the theoretical limit reports daniel oberhaus for wired.
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Building cubes or towers that extend the solar cells upward in three dimensional configurations.