Comments on: ‘Black Silicon’ Startup SiOnyx Could Revolutionize Solar, Imaging

By: Kay Wu

Kay Wu — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:54:10 +0000

Is the black silicon integrable ?

By: Thomas Marihart

Thomas Marihart — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:38:59 +0000

It’s all about the Sulphur doping and the wider IR bandgap that it enables, guys.

http://mazur-www.harvard.edu/research/researchmenu.php
“In addition to near-unity absorption in the visible, the irradiated surface absorbs over 80 percent of infrared light for wavelengths as long as 2500 nm”
see pubs at bottom…good bedtime reading.

Let’s also hope they have got a handle on any issues of fragility as well.

The details are everything.

By: Total Solar Energy

Total Solar Energy — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 13:47:25 +0000

now this is exciting. good article. i was unaware of this development. can you just imagine how efficient this could be? the price of solar could plummet with technology like this

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By: Rise & Shine: October 13, 2008

Rise & Shine: October 13, 2008 — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:59:04 +0000

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By: MHT Newsroom

MHT Newsroom — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:19:13 +0000

This is a very cool company, but the news didn’t break this week. Mass High Tech reported on it a year ago, when the company was still in stealth: http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2007/10/29/story10-Investor-millions-to-turn-black-to-light.html