New Zealand Hails Breakthrough In Cheap Solar
Nanomaterials Research Centre eggheads at Massey University in New Zealand have come up with a revolutionary new solar power technology that is FAR CHEAPER -- one tenth the cost! -- better for the environment and more functional at low-light conditions than conventional solar technologies. The technology is based on organic compounds found in nature, including chlorophyll and even HUMAN BLOOD.
(props to Metaefficient)
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is ... better for the environment and functional at low-light conditions than conventional solar technologies.
Thanks, Chris! I fixed it.
Mike
This is a 17 year old invention by Grätzel and O'Regan (Nature 353, 737 (1991) ) with just a different dye. Porphyrin dyes have been used for a long time in these cells. I am utterly amazed at how much coverage this is getting. P.S. the image you are showing is from a German company (Schott Solar) that has been making dye cells with porphyrin dyes for quite a while, not from the New Zealand researchers. You can see the image on p.35 of one of Grätzel's presentations. It likely is copyrighted by them.
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