https://www.jerseysmarts.com/2007/10/18/isnt-this-a-cool-idea-2/ Joe Palazzolo's Blog Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:39:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.jerseysmarts.com/2007/10/18/isnt-this-a-cool-idea-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1761 Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:39:24 +0000 http://blog.thebalrogslair.com/archives/928#comment-1761 I am glad to hear this. The same compounds/materials used in the LED are also being used in the third generation solar panels which will be rolled out pretty soon. The semiconductors in the LEDs have the property of both giving light when electricity is applied but also aborb the
light to produce electricity, but not like older cells. The difference is they almost completely absorb the visible spectrum. This give a ten fold increase in electricity production. Pretty cool huh. Joe, you might want to hold off on that car purchase for the volt when electricity is cheaper than gas!

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