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nanotimes EU-Projects Calls for Proposals

On the CORDIS website the European Commission published five calls for project proposals on Nano- sciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies (NMP):

h t t p : / / c o r d i s . e u r o p a . e u / f p 7 / d c / i n d e x . cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.FP7CallsPage

The new work program can be found under the following link:

http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/wp-2011_en.html

The topics of the calls can be found on the partner search website by NMPTeAM: http://www.nmp-partnersearch.eu

The challenge for the Sunglass project is to boost the use of photovoltaic solar energy by means of incre- asing the performance of the currently existing solar panels (their performance goes up to 15 % now). Research carried out to date has focused on modifying the semiconductor material to make use of a greater part of the solar spectrum. Nevertheless, the Sunglass project puts forward an alternative approach, in- volving the „conversion of frequencies“ phenomenon – based on absorbing pho- tons of certain frequenci- es and emitting another range of frequencies.

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Sunglass Project – Development of a New Building Product

The Construction Unit at Tecnalia (in conjunction with the University of Cantabria) has taken part in the Sunglass project, the aim of which is to develop a new building product.

This involves a glass that augments the efficiency of photovoltaic solar systems, in such a manner that it boosts having more renewable energy in the construction sector.

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