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photovoltaic
Dark Energy, Dark Matter, Dark Flow, and Now "Black Silicon"
Submitted by frank on Mon, 10/13/2008 - 00:57.No, it's not really in the same cosmological category, but "Black Silicon" certainly sounds like it should be.
http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2008/10/12/sion...
SiOnyx Brings “Black Silicon” into the Light; Material Could Upend Solar, Imaging Industries
Wade Roush 10/12/08
A side of Solar Cells with that Pizza ?
Submitted by frank on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 18:23.http://www.smh.com.au/news/energy-smart/think...
A new cheap way of producing solar cells in a pizza oven that could eventually bring power and light to the 2 billion people in the world who lack electricity...
FOR her 10th birthday, Nicole Kuepper received an inspirational present from her parents - her first solar-energy kit.
It sparked a fascination with solar technology that last night led to Ms Kuepper, 23, winning two Australian Museum Eureka Prizes for her scientific research.
EETimes.com - MIT claims 24/7 solar power
Submitted by frank on Fri, 08/01/2008 - 13:54.http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?arti...
PORTLAND, Ore. � Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have combined a liquid catalyst with photovoltaic cells to achieve what they claim is a solar energy system that could generate electricity around the clock.
EETimes.com - Researchers claim photovoltaic cell advance
Submitted by frank on Mon, 05/05/2008 - 13:51.http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticl...
NETANYA, Israel � Scientists at the University of Tel Aviv in Israel claim they have found a way to construct efficient photovoltaic cells costing at least a hundred times less than conventional silicon based devices, and with similar or better energy conversion efficiency.
The reactive element in the researchers' patent pending device is genetically engineered proteins using photosynthesis for production of electrical energy.
