WCG discovers 20,000 ways to make a solar cell!

[Ken g6]

From Computerworld:

In June, Harvard's Clean Energy Project (CEP) plans to release to solar power developers a list of the top 20,000 organic compounds that could be used to make cheap, printable photovoltaic cells (PVCs).

The list, culled from about seven million organic molecules that a crowdsourcing-style project has been crunching over the past two-plus years, could lead to PVCs that cost about as much as paint to cover a one-meter square wall.

Edit: I always wanted to do more CEP work, but the system requirements were and are a little more than most projects. :\

 

[wirednuts]

awesome. I think someday we will look back on these oil days and think "holy crap we were stupid"

 

[petrusbroder]

... or well, well, well, we did quite a few of those calculations ... :9

 

[Rudy Toody]

Or, we each get a 3D printer and have a contest to make the best solar cells from the listed ingredients.

 

[VirtualLarry]

It's cool to see something productive actually come out of all of those CPU cycles donated.

 

[GLeeM]

20,000 ways to make a solar cell!

hmmm ... didn't Edison, with varying degrees of success, try about that many different filaments for the light bulb?

 

[ZipSpeed]

Solar powered crunchers coming to a household near you?

I wish! :biggrin: That would be the ultimate dream one day. Contributing to venerable causes without hurting mother earth.