Is This the Answer to The Energy Crisis?

Black Silicon: Black Silicon Discovery Could Change Digital Photography, Night Vision Forever: "The new experiment made the silicon black to the naked eye. Under an electron microscope, however, the dark sheen was revealed to be thousands, if not millions, of tiny spikes. As we said above, those spikes had an amazing effect on the light sensitivity of the wafer. Mazur said the material also absorbs about twice as much visible light as traditional silicon, and can detect infrared light that is invisible to today's silicon detectors."

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