Inexpensive full-spectrum solar cells on the horizon

Third band gap increases spectrum utilization Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed a new solar cell that utilizes all wavelengths of light and can be produced using current techniques. This last part is the important part, since full-spectrum solar cells have been developed before, but they’ve been very expensive to make. The Related posts: IBM developing inexpensive solar cells made from available materials Rainbow solar cells? New super thin solar cells absorb ten times the amount of light

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Understanding How Water Molecules Split

Plants produce energy with the help of photosynthesis. One of the important steps of photosynthesis is splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen and release of energy in this process. Scientists are trying to duplicate this process in the laboratory for the production of energy i.e. hydrogen fuel. Hydrogen fuel is a clean and green Posted in: Fuel Cells , Hydrogen Fuel

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