Forgot your password?

Close
typodupeerror
Power

+ - Optical Furnace Bakes Better Solar Cells->

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory just announced that they have found a way to create more efficient photovoltaic cells using 50% less energy. The technique hinges upon a new optical furnace that uses intense light instead of a conventional furnace to heat silicon to make solar cells. The new furnace utilizes “highly reflective and heat-resistant ceramics to ensure that the light is absorbed only by a silicon wafer, not by the walls inside the furnace.”"
Link to Original Source
This discussion was created for logged-in users only, but now has been archived. No new comments can be posted.

Optical Furnace Bakes Better Solar Cells More

Optical Furnace Bakes Better Solar Cells

Comments Filter:

All life evolves by the differential survival of replicating entities. -- Dawkins

Close