Solar Power Game-Changer: "Near Perfect" Absorption of Sunlight, From All Angles
Monday, November 3, 2008 - 13:28
in Physics & Chemistry
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered and demonstrated a new method for overcoming two major hurdles facing solar energy. By developing a new antireflective coating that boosts the amount of sunlight captured by solar panels and allows those panels to absorb the entire solar spectrum from nearly any angle, the research team has moved academia and industry closer to realizing high-efficiency, cost-effective solar power.
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