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International Space Station Scientists May Grow Space Crystals For More Efficient Solar Cells

First Posted: 08/27/10 03:30 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 06:30 PM ET

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Scientists are planning to use the space station to grow a new kind of crystal for use in solar cells by 2013.

They say the vacuum conditions in space improve the quality of thin film crystals, giving them properties that are unachievable on Earth.

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Scientists are planning to use the space station to grow a new kind of crystal for use in solar cells by 2013. They say the vacuum conditions in space improve the quality of thin film crystals, givin...
Scientists are planning to use the space station to grow a new kind of crystal for use in solar cells by 2013. They say the vacuum conditions in space improve the quality of thin film crystals, givin...
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SeenItBefore
Ya want to super size that?
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07:42 PM on 08/27/2010
Sorry, but this news is about 40 years old. It had been prophicized that growing crystals in a zero gravity environment would fuse into a better solar cell.
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Anaxamenes
It's not how big your micro-bio is...
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05:43 PM on 08/27/2010
Now if we could just make getting supplies and people into space much cheaper and less polluting, we might have a viable industry starting up there. Who knows what cool stuff we can dig out of the moon or even Mars.
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