Solar power turns over a new leaf
What do you get when you combine thin sheets of gold leaf and a protein found in spinach? You get an artificial leaf that can photosynthesise energy from sunlight. It’s not a highly efficient conversion rate yet – way behind the top-of-the-range silicon photovoltaics – but the simplicity of the design means it could become a much cheaper alternative. [image by angelrays]
November 25th, 2008 at 8:47 am
Great post thanks for the info. Solar Panels are the way to go if you want to save resources
-Thanks
Nice blog by the way…
November 25th, 2008 at 9:26 am
Gold? Cheaper? What the heck are they putting in normal solar panels?
November 25th, 2008 at 9:31 am
Thanks Nate; please stick to one link for your own site, please, as I’d rather not delete you for spamming.
Nelson; I think very thin sheet gold is pretty cheap. It’s cheap enough to be used in a lot of electronics stuff already, for instance… and hell knows copper isn’t getting any cheaper.