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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 ... fun science nanotech how to educational donut passion tea nanotechnology solar cells do it yourself DIY experiment titanium dioxide nanoparticle energy easy sunlight renewable doughnut
also, you have to take into account the area of the cell. It looked like he was getting 4mA of current in the sun (4000uA) for a device that was maybe 1cm^2. That’s really not that bad considering with a Si cell, you might get about 5 times that amount.
About how long did it take for the sensitization process to take place? Mine’s been going for at least 18 hours but I can’t seem to get it nearly as dark as yours. Anyway, awesome video man!
Hey i was really enjoyed watching your video and i was planning to follow your procedures. Im just not sure what type of filter that you used? and also by any chance do you know the size of the TIO2 in the powder? Thanks
hey gsmestad, where can i get more info on diy (think u’ve got a typo) solar cells? does anyone know how to make a mini dc/ac inverter and a mini-tesla coil? if so, may the volts from the solar could be stepped up, maybe a mini-transformer? any ideas????
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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.
What’s next for this procedure? What more can be done to improve on it or learn from it?
Now I worry about eating the damn things. What does the receptors do to our cells?
fourty-eighth
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.
Goodbye, power grid!
Never mind. I just had to wait longer. The black does eventually burn away.
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.
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.
just goes to show that even the most seemingly complicated problems can oftentimes be solved in very simple and ingenious ways…
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?
Very cool video, everything seems simpe but where can one obtain conductive glass with indium tin oxide coating?
Make LARGE ones…. And many of them, and wire them together! CriticalunityDOTorg!
Yeah, this guy’s pretty much a genius
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.
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.
Donuts. Is there anything they can’t do?
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.
would regular powdered sugar work?
like the stuff in the box not the donut
Sweet video young Bro’! Heh heh… thanks for the awesome lesson!
Peace,
Frank