Wednesday, April 22, 2009

12 Years Old and he's created a Solar Cell that could revolutionize the market

A 12 year old Oregon boy is on a mission to save the world - well maybe not exactly, but his science experiment could have a dramatic impact in the green sector, and it's already won him a $25,000 scholarship from the Davidson Institute.

William Yuan, a 12-year old boy from Oregon, who has already studied nuclear fusion and nanotechnology, has designed a 3-D Nanotube Solar Cell which could revolutionize the solar power market - it absorbs 500 times more light than existing solar cells. He said the idea came to him one day and that he worked on it for nearly two years while encouraged by his middle school science teacher.

Here's a news clip on William