Stacking solar cells method could be electricity gain
Thursday, August 7, 2014 - 16:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Is there a way to stack solar cells and convert more of the energy in sunlight into electricity? Not only has a company developed a method, but, as a headline said Wednesday in MIT Technology Review, the approach could make solar as cheap as natural gas. The idea involves stacking different semiconducting materials that collect different frequencies of light. This is of note because the company can stack several different combinations, resulting in a solar panel that can capture more energy from sunlight.