Not Transparent Aluminum, But Conductive Plastic 96
michaelmalak writes "Scientists at the US Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory have fabricated transparent, thin films capable of absorbing light and generating electric charge over a relatively large area. The material, described in the journal Chemistry of Materials (subscription required), could be used to develop transparent solar panels or even windows that absorb solar energy to generate electricity. The material consists of a semiconducting polymer doped with carbon-rich fullerenes."
So... (Score:1, Funny)
"windows that absorb solar energy to generate electricity" so... that would be unlike "transparent solar panels" how?
*shakes head*
Re:Great idea (Score:3, Funny)
Not if you do it right, we just need to set them up so they properly affect the earths rotation, say give us 4 more hours of sunlight a day for more solar power. Two rocs with one stone.
Re:Windows? (Score:1, Funny)
His an idiot?
Re:Windows? (Score:2, Funny)
Your an idiot.....
Sew our ewe.....
Re:if its transparent how does it absorb? (Score:1, Funny)
1/7000000000000000000000000. See how large that fraction is?
Government waste. (Score:3, Funny)
Why are our tax dollars funding things like this when we're losing a war and faith based initiatives are underfunded? We need to shrink our government and trust that if there were any hope for this to work, private industry would be investing in it so they could maximize their long term profits.