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You can click on the comments links for good discussions: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4772481 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4772971 Unlike /. the comments here generally stay on-topic. :) -- Owen On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Mike Orshan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi: > > Since solar is my business I have a few comments. First, this is the holy > grail of solar. If you can adhere films to windows and skylights etc. and > get enough to power a house or building that's good. However, the two main > issues are still issues. One is spectrum. Infrared is good because it is > cool light. Still getting more spectrum will be important to increase > efficiency that needs to get to 15%. I think commercial panels are closer > to 17%, the article says 12%, but it is arguable. If this can > attract diffused light that would be very critical because windows are all > over the house and rarely in direct sunlight. The other issue is to move > current via a conductor. Nano deals with different particles that need new > metals. Years ago gold was the only metal capable, now, probably with nano > powders, maybe they came up with something new. This also needs to be > affordable. > > I think it is great movement forward. I do track this and appreciate the > article. > > Mike > > On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Cool! Spray your windows and power your house! >> >> -- Owen >> >> http://phys.org/news/2012-08-ucla-transparent-solar-game-changer.html >> >> One of the holy grails of solar cell technology may have been found, with >> researchers at UCLA announcing they have created a new organic polymer that >> produces electricity, is nearly transparent and is more durable and >> malleable than silicon. >> >> The applications are mind-boggling. Windows that produce electricity. >> Buildings wrapped in transparent solar cells. Laptops and phones ?- or even >> cars or planes ?- whose outer coverings act as chargers. It might even be >> sprayed on as a liquid. The promise of cheap and easy-to-apply >> site-generated solar electricity might now be a lot closer to reality >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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