An engineer here claims to have invented a device that can tap solar energy more efficiently than a solar panel.The biggest failing of solar panels is that they can only collect about a fraction or just 20 percent of available light but Patrick Pinhero, a University of Missouri engineer, has developed a flexible solar sheet that captures more than 90 percent of available light.
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011
A new device to tap more solar energy invented
An engineer here claims to have invented a device that can tap solar energy more efficiently than a solar panel.The biggest failing of solar panels is that they can only collect about a fraction or just 20 percent of available light but Patrick Pinhero, a University of Missouri engineer, has developed a flexible solar sheet that captures more than 90 percent of available light.
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