Hybrid solar cell converts both light and heat from sun's rays into electricity (video)

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-09/acs-hsc090915.php

Public Release: 9-Sep-2015
Hybrid solar cell converts both light and heat from sun's rays into electricity (video)
American Chemical Society

Scientists have developed a new hybrid, solar-energy system that harnesses the full spectrum of the sun's radiation by pairing a photovoltaic cell with polymer films. The films convert the light that goes unused by the solar cell into heat and then converts the heat into electricity. They report on their device, which produces a voltage more than five times higher than other hybrid systems, in the journal ACS Nano.

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