From the article:
"While most conventional solar cells use the principle of ‘one photon in, one electron out’, whereby a photon particle of light hits the solar cell and produces one electron as an electrical current, according to Gergely Zimanyi, a professor at UC Davis, the researchers have been working on a method that will allow many electrons to be produced."
Although this is just in the initial testing stages, this technology could definitely be the first step towards maximizing solar energy.
Do you know the basic, general idea on how that works (one photon many electrons)? Curious.
ReplyDeleteSame thing here, Nate--try to move away from deficit model (here's how things are done) and get more into conversations. this might mean needing to go beyond the how and into the why or why not.
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