Tech | December 21, 2008 | 7 comments

Every color of the rainbow is an energy source

source: http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/color-rainbow-energy-source/

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We have all enjoyed watching rainbows and at some point wanted to travel to the end of them for those fabled pots of gold. We can make out the distinct seven colors of the rainbows. But what we see as colors are actually different frequencies or energy levels of the sunlight. A solar panel converts some portion of sun light into energy for our use.

The greatest drawback of the solar energy is that solar panels can only capture a fraction of sunlight and only that fraction can be converted into energy. Scientists are trying to use different materials that can trap the maximum energy available from the sun rays and transform it into usable energy. We all hope that disadvantages of the solar panels will be eliminated or minimized in near future.

Scientists at the Ohio State University have blended electrically conductive plastic with metals such as molybdenum and titanium to create the hybrid material for solar panels. They are of the opinion that this new blended material will remove two important obstructions of the solar power. First it will seize all the energy of the visible sunlight. Secondly it will generate electrons in a manner that it will not be difficult to capture them.
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7 comments // Every color of the rainbow is an energy source

  • darkhorsejim
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    • I think prisms are totally underutilized & have the potential to dial into the strongest beams & absorb a greater amount of energy. Just as the various colors of a fire represent different temperatures, the colors of the entire spectrum represent infinite energy possibilities. We’re on the right track & knowing human behavior, some day we will be looking back at great leaps in sustainable energy – solar, wind, water, thermal, etc. - because that’s where we turned our focus.

    • 3 years ago
  • dirtyemowords
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  • advertisehere
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      advertisehere  

    • actually, if we just stop wasting everything we use we wouldn't have to worry about getting enough energy in efficient ways.
      everyone is thinking the wrong way, were trying to find a way to get out energy more efficiently. we don't see that we're wasting almost all of it due to stupid engineering.

    • 3 years ago
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