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Researchers at Ohio State University have invented a revolutionary new product that could radically transform the efficiency of our traditional photovoltaic solar panels for homes.

They have come up with a new electrically conductive plastic material that combines with metals including titanium to absorb all the possible energy contained in the visible light spectrum.

Traditional solar panels for homes are sensitive to only a limited range of frequencies. As a result they only capture a small fraction of the energy contained in sunlight.

This new hybrid material is sensitive to all the colours in the rainbow, presenting the possibility of high-power hybrid solar panels for homes.

Not only is the hybrid material more sensitive than normal solar panels for homes, it also generates much more charge than the researchers were expecting.

The scientists reckon it could be years before such high-power hybrid solar panels for homes become available to the public. While more efficient thin-film solar panels for homes technologies are on the way, for now our traditional silicon solar panels for homes will just have to do.

From Sam Deane,
your solar power for homes guide,
at www dot go solar power for homes dot com.

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Info via techradar.com
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