silicon Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 28 Jul 2015 07:42:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Future Tesla Batteries Will Be More Affordable Thanks to Silicon https://www.greenoptimistic.com/tesla-battery-silicon/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/tesla-battery-silicon/#respond Tue, 28 Jul 2015 07:42:52 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=55968 Affordable but high-capacity batteries are becoming a thing of the present, and not the future anymore, as manufacturers strive to make battery technology better. Meanwhile, electric automobile manufacturer Tesla is looking even farther into the future, where expensive batteries are made affordable with silicon. Their new 90 kilowatt-hour battery pack, which includes silicon in the design, […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/tesla-battery-silicon/feed/ 0 55968 Solar Cells and LEDs Get an Extra Boost from Silicon https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-cells-leds-get-extra-boost-silicon-20141121/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-cells-leds-get-extra-boost-silicon-20141121/#respond Fri, 21 Nov 2014 08:09:50 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=50291 US scientists discovered the ability of a special form of silicon to both conduct electricity, and absorb and emit light. The unique property of the element makes it extremely suitable for use in new generation solar cells and LED lights. This form of silicon is not the one that we find in great abundance in […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-cells-leds-get-extra-boost-silicon-20141121/feed/ 0 50291 First Silicon-based Optical Fiber With Solar Cell Properties https://www.greenoptimistic.com/first-silicon-based-optical-fiber-with-solar-cell-properties-20121207/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/first-silicon-based-optical-fiber-with-solar-cell-properties-20121207/#respond Fri, 07 Dec 2012 19:53:22 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=29552 A scalable silicon-based optical fiber with capabilities of a solar-cell was developed by scientists at Penn State University. This innovation can serve as a stepping stone for creating flexible, twisted or curved solar fabrics. In the next issue of the journal of Advanced Materials, the team led by John Badding, a professor of chemistry, will […]

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