Off-the-shelf dyes improve solar cells
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Some promotional thing going-on for their postpaid user, so I joined the bandwagon. It boasts of a 3.6 Mbps connection (compared to my merely 1.0 Mbps Streamyx).
So far, I get its HSDPA connection (the highest speed, I’m told), as indicated by it’s cyan coloured status light. But why doesn’t it feel as smooth as my other broadband service?
Off-the-shelf dyes improve solar cells
( American Institute of Physics ) In the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, scientists in India report success in boosting the ability of zinc oxide solar cells to absorb visible light simply by applying a blended mixture of various off-the-shelf dyes commonly used in food and medical industries — in a soak-then-dry procedure not unlike that used to color a tee-shirt in a home washing …
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