blackbody Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 13 May 2016 05:34:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 New Stanford Solar Cell Uses Coldness of the Universe https://www.greenoptimistic.com/stanford-solar-cell-coldness-universe/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/stanford-solar-cell-coldness-universe/#respond Fri, 13 May 2016 04:46:41 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=59890 Current research by Stanford University scientists is showing promising implications for the efficiency of solar cells. These solar cells rely on heat loss from radiative cooling and electricity from sunlight. Solar cells utilize photons, light particles, to generate electricity. In the process, solar cells also generate heat which reduces efficiency. The current research allows the […]

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