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Thread: Nature News: WCG Screening Produces First Candidate Molecule in Solar Tech Search |
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Congratulations Crunchers!
The website "Nature News" is reporting that WCG crunching has identified an organic molecule "with useful electrical properties - proof-of-concept for an approach that could soon yield new compounds to harvest solar energy in photovoltaic cells." The article quotes a study published in Nature Communications saying that "the latest molecule is one of the best organic semiconductors yet discovered, in terms of its ability to transport electric charge." The WCG crunching is mentioned in this paragraph: "The Harvard team is running its quantum-mechanical computations through IBM's World Community Grid, which harnesses idle time on volunteers' personal computers. So far, the initiative has inspected 2.3 million molecules, and should reach the 3.5-million mark next year. It also quotes a researcher stating "that (this) is probably the largest set of quantum calculations ever conducted in chemistry." The full article is here: http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110816/full/news.2011.481.html |
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Dataman
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Thanks for posting this CM. I saw it this morning but you beat me to the post.
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anhhai
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sweet!! one step closer to cheap solar power
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GIBA
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very good new !
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Here is a second article, also mentioned in the Clean Energy news thread: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/08...onductor-sparks-interest/
So far, Aspuru-Guzik said, theyâve identified about 5,000 compounds predicted more than 10 percent efficient at converting sunlight to electricity.  Am I the only old-time SF reader that remembers Robert Heinlein's "Let There Be Light" ?Lawrence |
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Thanks for posting the links to the articles.
Lawrence, perhaps you can fill us in on the story of Let There be Light? Am I the only old-time SF reader that remembers Robert Heinlein's "Let There Be Light" ?Lawrence |
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yoro42
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Summary (Source : Wikipedia URL https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Let_There_Be_Light_(short_story)
----------------------------------------The story concerns the invention of "light panels" - devices which turn electrical power directly into light (similar to LEDs, invented in 1962). In the course of their discovery, the inventors also discover that these panels can also be used to derive power from light. In attempting to bring their discovery to market, they encounter the active opposition of the Power Syndicate, a conglomeration of energy-producing companies dedicated to preserving their monopoly on power production. Rather than trying to maintain a patent on their invention, the scientists then publicly release the scientific details of their discovery for a small royalty, allowing anyone to obtain their own power, and thus outwitting the Power Syndicate. Douglas-Martin sunpower screens appear in several other Heinlein stories, such as "The Roads Must Roll".  |
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