silicon BC8 Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 08:33:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Exotic Form of Silicon Improves Solar Cell Efficiency https://www.greenoptimistic.com/exotic-form-of-silicon-improves-solar-cell-efficiency-20130129/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/exotic-form-of-silicon-improves-solar-cell-efficiency-20130129/#respond Tue, 29 Jan 2013 08:33:29 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=32202 Researchers have discovered that an exotic form of silicon may improve solar cell efficiency. This predicted improvement using a structure of silicon called silicon BC8 was detailed in the January edition of the journal Physical Review Letters, and is based upon computer simulations by researchers at the University of California Davis and in Hungary. Scientists rejected […]

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