Silver materials used in solar cells are both scarce and costly—accounting for 10% of the world’s annual silver supply and 10% of the cost of solar materials. This material limitation has slowed the adoption of the most efficient solar cells around the world, as consumers and manufacturers worry about long-term panel price increases.
Aluminio is developing a new approach to replace over 90% of the silver in solar cells with aluminum, a less expensive and more abundant material. To aid with implementation, they also have designed a high-speed, high-precision process, which can be used to increase the output of existing production lines. Together, these approaches will make it easier and more affordable to scale solar energy technology.
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Aluminio is developing a new approach to using aluminum to replace the silver used on solar cells, reducing the costs and accelerating adoption of more efficient cell designs
Aikido Technologies has designed a self-erecting platform for floating, offshore wind turbines to overcome key barriers to increasing offshore wind energy production
Aluminio is developing a new approach to using aluminum to replace the silver used on solar cells, reducing the costs and accelerating adoption of more efficient cell designs
Aspiring Materials is tackling industrial CO2 emissions from two angles - what goes in and what comes out. And we’re using commonly found rocks to do it
Barocal is revolutionizing cooling and heating with a breakthrough solid-state technology that offers very high energy efficiency without harmful refrigerant gases.
Calion is reshaping the cooling and heating landscape by replacing harmful refrigerants with salt and water – the world’s two safest and most abundant materials
CERT Systems Inc. has developed an electrochemical process that uses only water and electricity to convert captured carbon dioxide into basic chemicals that can be used to make everyday products including green chemicals, fuels, and plastics
Clear Skies Hydrogen (CSH2) seeks to deliver refueling with diesel-parity cost and operating convenience to unlock large-scale adoption of hydrogen for trucking and heavy-duty transport.
Conduit Tech develops tools that make it easier for HVAC contractors to install and maintain low-emissions residential heating and cooling technologies
CRecTech has developed a novel catalytic technology that simplifies the operational process and production cost of converting biogas into bio-methanol, making renewable methanol fuel more affordable for the maritime sector to accelerate their transition toward net zero CO2 emissions.
Espiku’s technology concentrates Li-containing brines while also producing clean water and solid salts; this enables cost-competitive mineral extraction with no fouling, no membranes, no liquid discharge, and minimal environmental impact.
Furno is working to re-envision the way we make cement. Unlike the large, fixed, capital-intensive plants of today, Furno is leveraging oxyfuel combustion and a novel design to develop plants that are more adaptable and energy-efficient, less capital-intensive, and enable the production of zero-emission ordinary Portland cement
Gallox Semiconductors is reducing energy waste by improving the efficiency of power conversion through the use of gallium oxide-based transistors and diodes.
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