house plants that tolerate very low light
house plants that tolerate very low light, which is why it took four years for the team to develop the prototype solar cell. For the past decade, researchers have been developing devices to increase solar energy delivery and power generation from ground up, but the basic concept has not been tested in real-world applications. The new solar cells are made as either "scaffolding" or "bipolar assemblies", according to Jens Niedergaard, research assistant at the University of Chicago's Applied Materials Science Institute. "There are many different configurations of scaffolding, which are all basically different properties of the materials needed for the cell," he explained. When the researchers test different types, they found that more is needed. One possible solution is to combine the most common silicon dioxide and lead oxide as "smart glass" material. (Lead oxide is a mixture of two metals with iron sulfate bonded to it and is used in electro...