crystal Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 16 Jun 2016 07:14:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Newly Discovered Crystal Rids Radioactive Waste https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sbmof-1-crystal-radioactive-waste-20160615/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sbmof-1-crystal-radioactive-waste-20160615/#respond Thu, 16 Jun 2016 07:14:31 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=60097 How can radioactive waste from nuclear-fuel reprocessing plants be banished? Nature Communications published research by scientists at the national level at EPFL and the U.S. on SBMOF-1, a material deemed a metal-organic framework. This type of crystal absorbs radioactive waste better than current options. Not only can the nanoporous crystal, which contains materials known to […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sbmof-1-crystal-radioactive-waste-20160615/feed/ 0 60097 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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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/stanford-solar-cell-coldness-universe/feed/ 0 59890 New BiFeO3 Crystal Can Improve Solar Cells Efficiency & Price https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-bifeo3-crystal-can-improve-solar-cells-efficiency-price-20090223/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-bifeo3-crystal-can-improve-solar-cells-efficiency-price-20090223/#respond Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:14:07 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=2419 Physicists at Rutgers University discovered a crystal made of bismuth, iron and oxygen(BiFeO3) which can revolution electronics industry and highly improve solar cell efficiency.

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