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Monday, July 21, 2008
Cheaper, Easier Way to Use Solar Power: Coming Soon - Alex Garrel, eFlux
As found in the Friday issue of journal Science, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) came up with a way to increase solar cell output and transform colored windows into solar panels. The technique consists in redirecting light with the help of dyes; as light is pushed to the edges and filtered, photovoltaic solar cells produce more electricity. This is not a new idea as the first time it was presented goes back to the 1970s. However, it’s been given up on because it wasn’t efficient enough.
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