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Blueberry solar

Email|Link By mwelch December 13, 06 12:52 PM

Italian scientists have developed a new type of solar panel that does not use silicon. Instead it uses the pigment of blueberries. Yep. That would be the actual berry. Research is revealing that organic semiconductors could dramatically reduce the production cost of the solar panels, which is one of the main drawbacks of solar as an alternative energy source. Experiments continue that combine organic and inorganic materials with the hope that they can hit the efficiency rates of standard silicon panels.