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Tubes of Light.(nanotubes)(Brief article)
Byline: Rupali Arora
Nanotubes--carbon cylinders 100,000 times thinner than a human hair--may turn out to make efficient solar panels. Georgia Tech scientist Jud Ready made a grid of millions of nanotubes and coated them with a light-absorbing semiconductor material. When sunlight shines on the grid, each tiny nanotube "tower" converts the light to electricity, just like in a conventional solar panel. However, the nanotubes get an energy bonus because light ricochets from one tower to the next, increasing the ...
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