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Global Smart Glass Market to grow to $5.8 Billion USD by 2020
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Smart glass or switchable glass (also smart windows or switchable windows in those applications) is glass or glazing whose light transmission properties are altered when voltage, light or heat is applied. Generally, the glass c...
Newly Funded 2015 Materials-related Projects among the $125 Million DOE ARPA-E Awards
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On Nov. 23, 2015, U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz announced $125 million across 41 cutting-edge energy technologies awarded by the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). Among th...
Perovskite Solar Cells Efficiency Jumps from 3.8% to 20.1% in 6 Years
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As one of the top ten science breakthroughs of 2013, perovskite solar cells have shown potential both in the rapid efficiency improvement (from 3.8% in 2009 to the latest record 20.1% in 2015) and in cheap material and manufact...