Popcorn-ball Design Doubles Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

A dramatic improvement in the efficiency rates of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC) has been discovered in Washington. Researchers at the University of Washington (UW) have found that by using a popcorn-ball design — tiny kernels clumped into much larger porous spheres — they have the ability to manipulate light and more than double the efficiency of converting solar energy to electricity.

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Curtiss P. Martin grew up in a geodesic dome on the side of a mountain in Southern Appalachia. Now he serves as ScribeMedia's clean technology editor in a tall building in downtown Manhattan.

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