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MIT creates graphite solar sponge that converts sunlight into steam with 85% efficiency

2014-07-22 17:33:07| Extremetech

MIT is reporting that it has created a new, cheap material -- using a microwave, no less -- that converts sunlight into steam with an amazing 85% efficiency. This could have major repercussions in the realms of desalination and sterilization, and perhaps for concentrated solar thermal power generation as well.

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