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Scientists create solar cell fiber that could potentially be woven into cloth
An international team of scientists led by a University of Pennsylvania professor said Thursday that they’ve created a unique new fiber thinner than a human hair that can capture energy from the sun and convert it into electricity. Their research on this new solar cell breakthrough was published this week…
China calls on U.S. to rescind solar cell import taxes
Beijing on Thursday urged the United States to rescind hefty anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on China’s solar-cell makers amid an intensifying row in the sector dominated by Chinese companies. The US Commerce Department on Wednesday issued a final confirmation of its May finding that Chinese producers and exporters had been…
U.S. slaps big duties on Chinese solar cells
WASHINGTON — The United States slapped hefty anti-dumping duties on Chinese solar cell makers Thursday in a move likely to heighten trade tensions between the two global economic powers. The Commerce Department said it had found that Chinese solar cell producers and exporters had been selling solar cells into the…
Scientists unveil solar cells the width, flexibility of spider silk
Austrian and Japanese researchers on Wednesday unveiled solar cells thinner than a thread of spider silk that are flexible enough to be wrapped around a single human hair. The thin-film device, comprising electrodes on a plastic foil, is about 1.9 micro-metres thick, a tenth the size of the thinnest solar…
China firms knock U.S. duties on solar products
Chinese firms have accused the United States of setting up trade barriers after Washington slapped duties on their solar products in the latest trade row between the two countries. Washington said Tuesday it would collect duties of between 2.9 and 4.7 percent on Chinese solar cells and panels, in a preliminary ruling following an investigation over…
China ‘deeply concerned’ over U.S. solar ruling
BEIJING — China said it was “deeply concerned” after a US trade panel ruled that Chinese companies have harmed the US solar panel industry by selling products at unfairly cheap prices. The US International Trade Commission voted unanimously on Friday that there was a “reasonable indication” that Chinese solar cell…
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