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...When you’re building a solar cell, you want to look for a substance that can absorb most of what the sun gives you,” Hammond said...
...newly discovered “black silicon” is created through a laser treatment inside a chamber filled with sulfur gases—a procedure that allows silicon to absorb a larger fraction of the solar spectrum, according to Meng-Ju Sher, a physics research assistant...
Unlike regular silicon, black silicon can absorb the infrared region of the light spectrum as well absorb visible light much more efficiently...
Though regular silicon does “a fairly good job” of absorbing the solar spectrum, black silicon is able to absorb a much greater percentage, and Hammond said researchers hypothesize that black silicon could create a more efficient solar cell...
...almost have this feeling that the acceptance will inspire me to work harder in some classes like math and physics so that I come to college with this momentum and absorb all I can,” said Daniel Cooney of Westchester...