silver Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:35:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Silver/Silicon Oxide Nanoscale Shape Absorbing More Sunlight https://www.greenoptimistic.com/silver-silicon-shape-solar-cell-20111102/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/silver-silicon-shape-solar-cell-20111102/#respond Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:35:39 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=20993 Researchers from Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed a material that could one time revolutionize the solar cell industry, by absorbing a wider range of wavelengths than currently used materials are able to. “The solar spectrum is not like a laser – it’s very broadband, starting with UV and going […]

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