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Japanese electronics maker Panasonic has declined to comment on reports it is planning to end its partnership with Tesla to produce solar panels at a factory in New York stateByThe Associated PressFebruary 26, 2020, 7:03 AM2 min readTOKYO -- Japanese electronics maker Panasonic declined to comment on reports Wednesday that it is planning to end its partnership with Tesla to produce solar panels at a factory in New York state. The Japanese business daily Nikkei and other media reported, citing unnamed sources, that Panasonic is preparing to withdraw from the solar cell partnership, though it would continue making batteries for Tesla's electric vehicles. The company refused comment, and Tesla did not immediately respond to queries requesting comment. The two companies' agreement to work ...

April 23 (UPI) -- Scientists have developed a new nanoparticle that can absorb near-infrared light and reemit it as visible light, which could allow solar panels to convert unseen light into usable energy.Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory coated tiny particles in organic dyes. The dyes work like antennae, which allowed scientists to fine-tune the nanoparticle's light-converting properties."These organic dyes capture broad swaths of near-infrared light," Bruce Cohen, a scientist at Berkeley Lab's Molecular Foundry, said in a news release.Most solar technologies that focus on visible light fail to absorb near-infrared light, allowing a solid chunk of the solar spectrum to go to waste. Roughly 44 percent of all light that hits Earth's surface...

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Reports: Panasonic, Tesla to scrap solar panels partnership

New nanoparticle could help solar panels convert unseen light into energy