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Environment & Energy

OnlinePoker

(6,112 posts) Mon Feb 25, 2013, 07:53 PM Feb 2013

As a follow-up to this thread, http://www.democraticunderground.com/112737041

I found another article today. It sounds like the makings of a great solar system, one side generating the power, and one side storing it.

"A new discovery by researchers at the ICFO has revealed that graphene is even more efficient at converting light into electricity than previously known. Graphene is capable of converting a single photon of light into multiple electrons able to drive electric current. ..."

http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/25/graphene-breakthrough-one-photon-can-be-converted-into-multiple-electrons/

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Graphene Breakthrough — One Photon Can Be Converted Into Multiple Electrons [View all] OnlinePoker Feb 2013 OP

Wow! MAD Dave Feb 2013 #1

Um, graphen is 100% carbon. /nt TheMadMonk Feb 2013 #3

Yes, but we don't incinerate it for power. (nt) jeff47 Feb 2013 #4

<rimshot> AtheistCrusader Feb 2013 #13

EVERYTHING makes rich people richer Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #5

"gas and oil makes them richer than this would" pscot Feb 2013 #9

It's making them rich more immediately than this would, though. GliderGuider Feb 2013 #10

Maybe this will keep the human experiment running GliderGuider Feb 2013 #7

*crickets chirping* cprise Mar 2013 #22

Oh, I can't really blame them GliderGuider Mar 2013 #23

Direct conversion of Alphas to DC? FogerRox Feb 2013 #8

GAmma and X-rays are photons, alphas are far more energetic FogerRox Feb 2013 #14

uhhh... alphas aren't photons. They're ionized monatomic helium Sirveri Feb 2013 #15

But will this tech work for Alphas? FogerRox Feb 2013 #16

no... because alpha radiation isn't photons... Sirveri Mar 2013 #18

I dislike the article headline. Sirveri Feb 2013 #12

Could this convert alphas to electricity? FogerRox Feb 2013 #17

I've seen that before. I've not done any serious research on it. Sirveri Mar 2013 #19

Prtoton Born 11 on Earth, HE on the Moon FogerRox Mar 2013 #20

No... It can't. photons aren't alpha. Sirveri Mar 2013 #21