Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site shark.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!orca!shark!hutch From: hutch@shark.UUCP (Stephen Hutchison) Newsgroups: net.space Subject: Re: Very Cheap Solar Cells Message-ID: <998@shark.UUCP> Date: Mon, 20-Aug-84 14:09:35 EDT Article-I.D.: shark.998 Posted: Mon Aug 20 14:09:35 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Aug-84 01:15:14 EDT References: <12588@sri-arpa.UUCP> Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 15 < The robot doesn't seem too energetic since it got a tan > Has anyone looked into organic solar collection? Plants do a real fine job of collecting and storing solar energy; does anyone know how efficient they are (not 100% by any means, since they are usually sensitive in a fairly narrow bandwidth of yellow-green) ?? An organic compound engineered to translate sunlight into ATP and another that turned ATP into electricity would be an interesting way to power a car. . . OK, I know, this is all just a bit beyond current state-of-the-art. But not too far, I suspect. Hutch