Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a new type of solar cell is developed that infrared light into electrical energy to convert. Conventional cells have visible light.
The idea behind the development of new photovoltaic cells is that sunlight for forty percent of the infrared light exists, that the now well-known solar cells do nothing. That have visible light to electric energy, but the new cells of the MIT is the less energetic infrared light is sufficient. Unlike conventional pvc’s that are generally out of silicon semiconductors exist, the new cells of carbon is created.
The research group of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, under the direction of Michael Strano, builds the cells with carbon nanotubes and C60, also known as buckyballs or buckminsterfullereen. Although thanks to a high ir-absorption of carbon is very little material would be needed, is the return by 0.1 per cent still pretty against it. In the future, however, this can be improved.
The carbon-pvc’s could be combined with conventional solar cells. The carbon in the MIT solar cells is transparent for the visible light that these cells use, so that as a layer on top of silicon-pvc’s can be applied.
