Solar Energy Breakthrough at OSU - 0 views
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Colin Bennett on 27 Oct 08The Video Learning Center explains that conventional silicon solar cells operate by reacting with photons in light and create free electrons which flow as current in a circuit. But these electrons only remain free for a very short time. The material the OSU researchers created is not only able to capture all visible light, but also to free electrons for 7 million times longer than silicon. As a result more electricity is capable of being produced than ever before.