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 Posted: Thu Sep 18th, 2008 04:22 am
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Joe Kelley

 

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 http://cleantechnica.com/2008/09/17/12-year-old-boy-invents-new-type-of-solar-cell/

http://www.katu.com/news/28432984.html

If he is right, solar panels with his 3D cells would provide 500 times more light absorption than commercially-available solar cells and nine times more than cutting-edge 3D solar cells.

"Which would make solar energy actually a viable energy source for the Pacific Northwest," Yuan said.