Thursday, September 18, 2008
It's a cup.....with dirt in it. I call it cup of dirt.
by Anonymous at 1:37 PM
William Yuan, a seventh-grader from Portland, OR, developed a 3-dimensional solar cell that absorbs UV as well as visible light. The combination of the two might greatly improve cell efficiency. William's project earned him a $25,000 scholarship and a trip to the Library of Congress to accept the award, which is usually given out for research at the graduate level.
William, your thoughts?
Well, "current solar cells are flat and can only absorb visible light. [What I did was] I came up with an innovative solar cell that absorbs both visible and UV light. My project focused on finding the optimum solar cell to further increase the light absorption and efficiency and design a nanotube for light-electricity conversion efficiency."
Ah, interesting. Actually, I still don't even understand what it is you developed. So I can go outside without a shirt on now?
"You're an idiot."
Fair enough.
