A new Research Suggests a New Solar Material to Absorb the Entire Spectrum
A new hybrid inorganic/organic material could usher in solar cells that absorb all solar wavelengths.
The new polymer could also enable much more efficient charge separation since electrons dislodged by light in the material remain free much longer than in conventional solar cells used in solar powered battery chargers.
The inorganic/organic hybrid polymer material can be made into polymer blends that can “absorb essentially across the entire solar spectrum–they go from about 300 nanometers down to about 10,000 nanometers,” said professor [...]
