http://www.metafilter.com/tags/solarCells Posts tagged with 'solarCells' at MetaFilter. Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:56:55 -0800 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:56:55 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/73293/And%2Dits%2Ddayglow%2Dorange%2DSrsly <a href="http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/article.php?q=08071107" title="sciencecentric.com: Dye-coated glass to channel energy into solar cells">All of the light, 40 times the power</a>. Improve the performance of run-of-the-mill solar cells by standing orange pieces of glass on them. MIT's Mark Baldo <a href="http://techtv.mit.edu/file/1179" title="MIT Tech TV: Mark Baldo explains how it works in a 2 minute video">describes the technology</a>. The performance claims are outstanding, manufacture is cheap (and defect-tolerant), and the time to market is predicted to be three years. It can also be used to turn building window panes into solar energy collectors. The <a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/321/5886/226" title="Science: High-Efficiency Organic Solar Concentrators for Photovoltaics ">paper's published</a> in the latest Science Magazine -- but you can only read the abstract unless you're a subscriber. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.73293 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:56:55 -0800 markBaldo mit renewableEnergy solarCells solarEnergy solarPanels ardgedee