Revolutionary Solar Energy Conversion Process Developed

A new process that simultaneously combines the light and heat of solar radiation to generate electricity could offer more than double the efficiency of existing solar cell technology, say the Stanford engineers who discovered it and proved that it works. The process, called "photon enhanced thermionic emission," or PETE, could reduce the costs of solar energy production enough for it to compete with oil as an energy source.

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[oybeutu]

Seems strange for a scientist to use ambiguous words. Just stood out to my ears.
actually... 0:21 0:26 0:39 1:19  really... 0:55 1:24 1:29
Wonderful invention. That lab looks so clean!

[rochebalia]

Hi stanford university, im an student from the other country and i see this news very important for the other community, so if you can put some caption in other language or languages would help the other people, thanks so much for read this!!!

[imegatrone]

I Really Like The Video From Your A new process that simultaneously combines the light and heat of solar radiation to generate electricity could offer more than double the efficiency of existing solar cell technology,

[PlayMoreLoud]

Is there any way to download that handy Powerpoint presentation of his?

[kflfv]

There's an interesting article about this on Nature (Linking seams not to work here).

[MessyBeaver]

See now all we need is like 100 - 500 thousand of these populating the Sahara Desert.

[giorgiodemurtas]

There is not much sense in making it 10 times more expensive for only 3 times more efficient. The point is the price, not the efficiency. Twice more efficient just means that the surface area of the panel is half.

[DJVARAO]

Even if this technology works, the density of solar energy makes it almost useless for most urban areas.

[workingclasssociety]

@Twistedlink07 Green energy yes, but the corporations already have their money on both sides, just waiting for the masses to convert and make them profits. How can you have sustainability when corporations just want to make a buck off the sun?

[sparkc]

doesn't solar completes with coal.

[rochebalia]

oh, i forgive in my country we speak spanish

[Catcherintherye]

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