12 year Old Science Genius Invents New Type of Solar Power

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[d909kings]

@sabriath your a retard Georgia Tech and Notre Dame among others have designed and tested 3d solar cells this kid spent 2 years studying theirs and others research and came up with his own version that accepts Visible and UV Light unlike previous versions, Don't comment on things that are above your knowledge level I think you should stick to playing wow in your parents basement.

[sabriath]

@nasseb : you didn't listen to the entire thing did you? He came up with an IDEA...I was making ideas at 8 years old....ideas are far from practical design. His assumptions that a "3d cell to take in all spectrums of light" having the ability of "9x more powerful on cloudy days" is ludicrous. Light hitting a dark material blocks it, so I don't see how a "3d" device will absorb energy and yet let it pass through to the next device at the same time.

Again: Idea =/= Design

[sabriath]

@Herbie1199 : Yes, today's panels harvest less than 100% of the radiation given off by the sun...but the plant kingdom is also less than 100% (and those are living entities that evolved enough to get energy from a photon). The very thought of separating out the various wavelengths should immediately get flagged as going to be less than 100% automatically, so current panels only try and retrieve energy from a specific range instead (although heat is a byproduct and can also be harvested).

[Herbie1199]

@sabriathIt's perfectly clear to me that an idea does not equal design, which doesn't equal production ripeness. I saw this news a couple of years ago and was curious what happened with this idea, thus I googled a bit and landed on this youtube clip this week. So pardon me if your comment was a year ago.

I agree with you that one can only harvest 100% at best from the energy the sun radiates. If I understand the video correctly, todays panels harvest less than 100% and no UV light at all.

[sabriath]

@Herbie1199 : Nice of you to stop by a year later....3D cannot yield 9 times more sunlight, you cannot gain more light than is produced, that's a fail. Secondly, has this design been made, patented, produced, sold? Didn't think so, sounds like a dead end to me...yes, he's a kid, but the video maker puts that kid as a "genius" with a "revolutionary" idea, and that is what I'm criticizing. Black blocks light period, it ends up just being a bumpy 2D surface, no efficiency.

[Herbie1199]

@sabriath

You even fail to grasp plain English. He said that 3D can yield 9 times more sun light and 10% more energy; even when it's cloudy. You shouldn't be so negative about some one who has an idea, especially if it's just a kid. Maybe we owe him efficiency gain in the near future. So, if you got nothing, don't criticise.

[juangisaza]

Some big oil bus people are going to be mad with this kid and must be planning of how to make his crime look like a siucide

[MEGAMIAHX]

wow , now to washington were they will strip him of his invention and pay him off, way to go big oil !!!!!!!

[PatheticHero]

3-D cells. Nice. Well done! This is something that COULD HAVE(I do not mean WOULD HAVE) been developed 30 years ago if Reagan wouldn't have insisted on shutting down alternative exploration into solar technologies. Might it be because of the monetary influence of the Oil CORPORATIONS?

[NoleandertheGreat]

It was also said in the video that he "developed" a solar panel, though it appears that he had only a drawing. When I develop something, I have it in a physical, not conceptual form.

[ascottdude]

If that is what you call a genius what does that say about the average intelligence?