Making Your Own Solar Cells from Powdered Donuts?
Make a photovoltaic solar cell using common household items… and donuts!
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Glitter-sized photovoltaics
Sandia National Laboratories scientists have developed tiny glitter-sized photovoltaic cells that could revolutionize the way solar energy is collected and used. [via io9.com] Glitter-sized solar photovoltaics produce competitive results
How-To: Charge 12v batteries with a Voltaic 15-watt panel
MAKE contributor Mikey Sklar has posted a how-to on Voltaic about using the solar power company’s 15-watt panel to charge a 12v battery, for use in camping, festivals, powering personal electronics, etc. Charge Car Batteries with a Voltaic 15 Watt panel
Chia Pet meets the solar cell
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have come up with a way of making solar photovoltaic cells more efficient by making them fuzzy with nanowires. Boosting solar cell efficiency The idea is [to] use nanowires to more efficiently conduct electrons from the collection surface of the solar cell to an electrode. Contemporary thin-film […]
Solar power backup
Michael McGrath got tired of problems with his power grid-based photovoltaic system and decided to supplement with a couple of the portable PV carts. Solar power cart – [via] Link
