A Delicious New Solar Cell Technology

June 7, 2009

Researchers demonstrate a new solar cell technology based entirely on powdered donuts and passion tea. Please vote on Nanotation Video contest entry here: community.acs.org Copyright: All Rights Reserved by Blake Farrow

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25 Responses to “ A Delicious New Solar Cell Technology ”

  1. mibars on March 22, 2009 at 8:44 am

    What’s the voltage of this cell? :)

  2. caudex43 on March 22, 2009 at 9:15 am

    On the order of 0.5V

  3. ModaDiMagno on March 23, 2009 at 7:56 am

    You frighten me, and yet I am amused. Bravo sir, I give you and A+++

  4. soapyzombies on March 23, 2009 at 12:46 pm

    ???
    profit

  5. frankmknight on March 24, 2009 at 12:14 pm

    Sweet video young Bro’! Heh heh… thanks for the awesome lesson!
    Peace,
    Frank

  6. rantingprophet on March 24, 2009 at 5:12 pm

    would regular powdered sugar work?
    like the stuff in the box not the donut

  7. caudex43 on March 25, 2009 at 6:25 am

    So long as there is Titanium dioxide listed in the ingredients this method should work to some degree.

    We havent tried just regular powdered sugar though, seems likely it would work.

  8. voltrabbit7 on March 29, 2009 at 7:21 am

    Donuts. Is there anything they can’t do?

  9. supressorgrid on March 29, 2009 at 4:10 pm

    Dupont in New johnsonville Tn. make titanium dioxide by the ton, You could talk them out of the stuff that spills all over the ware house floor and the floors of the delivery trailers as the supersacks they use leak badly.Hell the stuff is all over the place around there.

  10. ghostaliaz on March 31, 2009 at 6:36 pm

    This is so cool! This guy is smart. I like new ideas/free thinking. We will soon be able to make solar cell siding to go on our homes for cheap.

  11. lurukamaz2 on April 1, 2009 at 4:52 pm

    Yeah, this guy’s pretty much a genius

  12. RealityDetective on April 2, 2009 at 6:36 pm

    Make LARGE ones…. And many of them, and wire them together! CriticalunityDOTorg!

  13. ultimacy24 on April 3, 2009 at 1:16 pm

    Very cool video, everything seems simpe but where can one obtain conductive glass with indium tin oxide coating?

  14. duhCider on April 8, 2009 at 6:05 pm

    As many lead pencils and donuts I ate as a child and as much vodka and Long Island Iced teas ingested as an adult, is it possible my digestive tract is solar powerable?

  15. AnyaWerecat on April 10, 2009 at 12:20 pm

    just goes to show that even the most seemingly complicated problems can oftentimes be solved in very simple and ingenious ways…

  16. PamellaFerris on April 21, 2009 at 2:21 pm

    765-348-1282 Hartford Glass Co Inc.
    PO Box 613, Hartford City, IN 47348
    Precut commercial (2.5 cm x 2.5 cm) TEC 10 or TEC 15 (thats 10 or 15 ohms per square meter) Tin dioxide (SnO2) coated glass. Ask for Mike Reidy.

  17. skemadix on April 29, 2009 at 9:22 pm

    Has anyone actually tried this? When I filter it i get a lot of what looks like butter and fat in with the (supposed) TiO2. Then, of course, all the firing does is give a nice black ash.

  18. skemadix on April 30, 2009 at 12:10 am

    Never mind. I just had to wait longer. The black does eventually burn away.

  19. JordanMaster22 on May 8, 2009 at 8:09 pm

    Goodbye, power grid!

  20. tepidarium on May 9, 2009 at 5:37 pm

    Hi guys, nice video and good editing.

    Some time ago I was contemplating making my own sun screen lotion and I discovered that I can buy TiO2 bulk for about $12 per pound. (Much cheaper than doughnuts!)

    Search for “titanium dioxide” in Google Shopping.

  21. jaymelodius on May 11, 2009 at 12:15 pm

    fourty-eighth

  22. jaymelodius on May 11, 2009 at 1:07 pm

    …lol…!!! for davehiker…lol…!!!

  23. HoBo2Be on May 24, 2009 at 2:07 am

    Now I worry about eating the damn things. What does the receptors do to our cells?

  24. gsmestad on June 5, 2009 at 2:51 pm

    What’s next for this procedure? What more can be done to improve on it or learn from it?

  25. gsmestad on June 5, 2009 at 2:52 pm

    Great work! Did it win? Want the science behind the procedure? I’ve collected a lot of information on DYI solar cells made from simple materials. It’s all FREE & in the public domain. Please add more links, text and info to the “more info.” section of your You Tube pages.

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