Solar power output up 10 percent in new panels, CWRU awarded federal grant to test durability
The Plain Dealer: Roger French, the Kyocera Professor of Materials Science and director of the Solar Durability and Lifetime Extension Research Center, explained how passivated emitter rear cell, a new solar cell technology, works. CWRU researchers recently won a $1.47 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative to test the reliability and durability of the cells.