Comments on: New Black Silicon Solar Cells are Cheap and Absorb More Sun http://inhabitat.com/new-black-silicon-solar-cells-are-cheap-and-absorb-more-sun/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Sat, 25 May 2013 19:09:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: ralph1 http://inhabitat.com/new-black-silicon-solar-cells-are-cheap-and-absorb-more-sun/comment-page-1/#comment-269488 ralph1 Sat, 30 Oct 2010 02:19:16 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=157814#comment-269488 how soon do you expect it to be commercial? how soon do you expect it to be commercial?

]]> By: KenV http://inhabitat.com/new-black-silicon-solar-cells-are-cheap-and-absorb-more-sun/comment-page-1/#comment-262290 KenV Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:53:49 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=157814#comment-262290 You say the New Black Silicon Solar Cells are cheap but what is the price comparison and where can the be purchased. You say the New Black Silicon Solar Cells are cheap but what is the price comparison and where can the be purchased.

]]> By: galenakarsson http://inhabitat.com/new-black-silicon-solar-cells-are-cheap-and-absorb-more-sun/comment-page-1/#comment-257322 galenakarsson Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:25:34 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=157814#comment-257322 I like those New Black Silicon Solar Cells because it is very cheap and Absorb More Sun light. I like those New Black Silicon Solar Cells because it is very cheap and Absorb More Sun light.

]]> By: ecogeek http://inhabitat.com/new-black-silicon-solar-cells-are-cheap-and-absorb-more-sun/comment-page-1/#comment-254677 ecogeek Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:13:52 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=157814#comment-254677 I would like to see more information on the dyes and "fancy chemicals" that were used in the manufacturing process...what are they and are they environmentally friendly? I would like to see more information on the dyes and “fancy chemicals” that were used in the manufacturing process…what are they and are they environmentally friendly?

]]> By: umlud http://inhabitat.com/new-black-silicon-solar-cells-are-cheap-and-absorb-more-sun/comment-page-1/#comment-254669 umlud Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:46:48 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=157814#comment-254669 Just a nit-pick: do you really mean to say that "they’re no match for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL) recently <i>discovered</i> black silicon solar cell." It's not like this technology was found somewhere; that this was a thing to be uncovered. Black silicon solar cells are a technology that has been <i>developed</i>. True, NREL might have recently discovered how much better black silicon solar cells are compared to previous technologies (the meaning behind the developed technology being the concept that can be "discovered"), since (in English) knowledge is a construct that remains "hidden". However, yet-to-be-created technology is not "discovered" (although the knowledge underlying it may be), but is "developed". As a scientist, I'm not really a fan of how the terms get thrown about, since the concept of discovery is fundamentally different than the concept of development. Just a nit-pick: do you really mean to say that “they’re no match for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL) recently discovered black silicon solar cell.”

It’s not like this technology was found somewhere; that this was a thing to be uncovered. Black silicon solar cells are a technology that has been developed. True, NREL might have recently discovered how much better black silicon solar cells are compared to previous technologies (the meaning behind the developed technology being the concept that can be “discovered”), since (in English) knowledge is a construct that remains “hidden”. However, yet-to-be-created technology is not “discovered” (although the knowledge underlying it may be), but is “developed”.

As a scientist, I’m not really a fan of how the terms get thrown about, since the concept of discovery is fundamentally different than the concept of development.

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