Blog Assignment!!! ~Solar Cell Record~

Hello everyone!
I read this news article just about a couple minutes ago about how a new solar cell sets a new record. yay!..... So, researchers today are trying to find new and efficient ways to help us lower down on our uses of fossil fuels. Yes, alternative energy is clean and green, but it isn't much efficient compared to the other resources we are using today. However, researchers and scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (yup, it's a long name isn't it?) have created a new record in solar cell efficiency. The cell converts 40.8% of the light that it collects into energy. So far, this is the highest efficiecy up to date. It kind of surprised me on how it was only 40.8% because I thought that solar cells would convert at least 80%, but I guess I was wrong :P Anyways, I guess that's it... for now! ttyl!
~Denise :)