C60 solar cells Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 12:27:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Infrared-Harvesting Solar Cells Made Entirely from Carbon Invented at MIT https://www.greenoptimistic.com/infrared-carbon-solar-cells-mit-20120622/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/infrared-carbon-solar-cells-mit-20120622/#respond Fri, 22 Jun 2012 12:27:01 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=25149 MIT researcher Michael Strano, previously involved in projects like thermopower waves, carbon nanotube energy storage and others related to carbon nanotubes, discovered a new type of all-carbon solar cell made from buckyballs (aka C60). Strano’s new cells are sensitive to the near-infrared spectrum of light, which makes up to 40% of the solar energy hitting […]

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