George Cove, a forgotten solar power pioneer, may have built a highly efficient photovoltaic panel 40 years before Bell Labs engineers invented silicon cells. If proven to work, his design could lead to less complex and more sustainable solar panels.
  • PlaidBaron@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I love Low Tech magazine. Half their articles are horribly impractical or not very well thought out but I genuinely still love it.

  • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net
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    1 year ago

    This is such a wickedly interesting article, I had no idea there was a totally different method of solar technology like this. Very strange that there hasn’t been more widely known research in this area, or more home-built attempts. Crazy that they were eventually able to achieve 17% efficiency.

    Thanks for sharing this article!