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Foldable solar panels could be up to 80% efficient

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Researchers at the Idaho National Laboratory have designed a lightweight, foldable solar panel design which they predict will function at 80% efficiency (the best solar panel prototypes operate at about 40%). The researchers' secret is the implementation of nano-antennas, which have the ability to absorb not only light, but heat from the sun as well.
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14 responses // Foldable solar panels could be up to 80% efficient

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    incredible tech.thanks for the post stopnoise

    gentjim
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    That's a helluva jump in efficiency if it turns out to be credable.

    It's easy to make huge claims before it is built.

    It would be nice if it works, but then we have yet to hear what it will cost too.

    Wetdog
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    Imagine that 40% better technology and we didn't even have to entice them with a 300 Million dollar intensive!

    oR2o
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    Hey, this is great, I do wonder at what this could be applied to (currently). Although, it is perhaps the best invention for the future of solar powered devices.

    petarro
    3 responses to this
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    great!

    shroomfairy
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    80% is nothing to sneeze at. Will it make solar power 80% more affordable?

    Neghie
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    Awesome!

    goldenways
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    Fabulous! At last, technology is seeing the light of day (another pun). The big electric and gas companies don't like this very much. Thwarting their profits (and suppression of alternative technology) is noble.

    24French
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    I can't wait for this stuff to become available.

    onechance
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    I want that to power my house.

    MrBigShot21

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