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80% Efficient Solar Nanoantenna Collects Energy Even At Night

January 05, 2008 By: Lance Category: Eco-Innovations, Eco-Science, Green Home, Greener Cities, Sustainable Energy, Sustainable Living

Researchers at Idaho National Laboratory, along with partners at Microcontinuum Inc. (Cambridge, MA) and Patrick Pinhero of the University of Missouri, are developing a novel way to collect energy from the sun with a technology that could potentially cost pennies a yard, be imprinted on flexible materials and still draw energy after the sun has set.