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Swiss team develops effective and low-cost solar water-splitting device; 14.2% solar-to-hydrogen efficiency

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A 12-14 m 2 system installed in Switzerland would allow the generation and storage of enough hydrogen to power a fuel cell car over 10,000 km every year. The gases can then be collected and stored in their pure form. Schüttauf et al. Click to enlarge. Christophe Ballif, co-author. Electrochem.

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Leclanché receives China certification for LTO battery

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Switzerland-based Leclanché SA has received certifications recognizing its LTO battery cell’s compliance with China’s latest standards, a pre-requisite to providing battery solutions to power electric vehicles in China.

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Leclanché and Narada Power sign strategic global alliance for Li-ion technology

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Leclanché will support Narada with technology transfer to achieve low-cost, scale manufacturing of Leclanché’s proprietary high-cycling and fast-charging lithium titanate (LTO) and high energy density graphite nickel manganese cobalt (G-NMC) battery storage technologies. GWh fabrication facility in 2017.

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NREL, Swiss scientists create silicon-based multijunction solar cells that reach nearly 36% efficiency

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announced in January 2016. However, if the costs of a III-V cell cannot be reduced to the levels of the researchers’ long-term scenario, then the use of cheaper, high-efficiency materials for the top cell will be needed to make them cost-competitive in general power markets. An efficiency of 32.5% —Adele Tamboli.

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