Nanocones make solar cells more efficient, sinister looking

Going green is de rigeur, so the sun is becoming a far-preferred source of power. However, solar cells’ inefficient harvesting of helical energies is a chief reason they haven’t usurped the ability of petroleum. Great point the large brains at Oak Ridge National Labratory want to change that with nanocone-based solar technology. The teeny-tiny cones are made from zinc oxide and create “an intrinsic electric field distribution” to enhance electrical charge transport within solar cells. We aren’t sure what that suggests, but we do know the prickly-looking design provides a three.2 percent light-to-power conversion efficiency that’s a considerable improvement over the meager 1.8 percent offered by today’s flat photovoltaics made from similar materials. That’s 80 percent more efficient, and 100% more awesome.

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