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10-21-2008, 06:48 PM | #1 |
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New Solar Energy Material Captures Every Color Of The Rainbow
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...1016132836.htm
ScienceDaily (Oct. 17, 2008) — Researchers have created a new material that overcomes two of the major obstacles to solar power: it absorbs all the energy contained in sunlight, and generates electrons in a way that makes them easier to capture. Ohio State University chemists and their colleagues combined electrically conductive plastic with metals including molybdenum and titanium to create the hybrid material. "There are other such hybrids out there, but the advantage of our material is that we can cover the entire range of the solar spectrum," explained Malcolm Chisholm, Distinguished University Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemistry at Ohio State. cont.on link above. |
10-23-2008, 07:06 AM | #2 | ||
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Re: New Solar Energy Material Captures Every Color Of The Rainbow
Good find!
On that same subject I recently read this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7669522.stm And this: http://www.katu.com/news/28432984.html From the first article: Quote:
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