To: Jedi Master Pikachu
From the article:
The new material has almost the same refractive index as air
I would assume this means that it is incredibly transparent. Hence, it would make for good LEDs, since nearly ALL of the LED light would escape. It would improve solar cells, since a coating of this material (instead of glass) would allow far more light to reach the cell.
To: beezdotcom
Aaaaah.
That makes sense. So this probably isn't as helpful for solar energy than a substance which absorbs almost all light would be?
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03/01/2007 6:04:57 PM PST by
Jedi Master Pikachu
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