New Solar Cell is 98% Plastic and Catches 96% of Incident Light

Re:New Solar Cell is 98% Plastic and Catches 96% of Incident... by MikeCapone on Tuesday February 23, 2010 @04:04PM (#1146423)

Indeed, it's an advantage over cells that reflect more light, but it isn't in itself enough to have an efficient cell.

They haven't released the actual conversion efficiency numbers yet, but from the qualitative talk about it, it sounds very promising. That's one tech that I'll keep track of.

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Re:New Solar Cell is 98% Plastic and Catches 96% of Incident... by stcredzero on Tuesday February 23, 2010 @04:09PM (#1146434)

Also handy to know: does it last very long?

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Re:New Solar Cell is 98% Plastic and Catches 96% of Incident... by csmeder on Tuesday February 23, 2010 @10:57PM (#1147216)

Like long enough to feel like your better than your neighbors for being part of the "solution" or long enough to actually be good for the environment? The Former Yes the latter? Well if you even feel the need to ask the latter you are Global Warming Denialists, so I cant talk to you.

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