Scylla Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 I watched a tv show and someone on the show said that theres a theory that if you can combine boron, argon, gallium and indium into a solor cell it would be possible to harness 100% of the suns energy. I know its a show but I just wanted to know is this a true theory or is it just completly false and theres so such history of BARGAIN. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ercdndrs Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 It seems kind of wierd that it spells 'bargain'. Coincidence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zolar V Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 from my rudimentary chemistry knowledge, it seems possible that those elements could in fact be used in a particular way that would allow for efficiency of a solar cell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane_alien Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 no, its complete bull likely made up for plot purposes and chemistry humour. it would be impossible to harness 100% of the energy hitting the surface of the pannel anyway. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted April 18, 2010 Author Share Posted April 18, 2010 I just wanted to clear it up because I thought it was just a made up plot for the story but just wanted to make sure. Is there anyone here who actually knows for sure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydoaPs Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 What show was it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted April 18, 2010 Author Share Posted April 18, 2010 Prison break Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane_alien Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 then yeah, it'll have been made up, seeing as it's a fictional show and all, they don't really care about the existance of something to bung it in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted April 18, 2010 Author Share Posted April 18, 2010 Well thats not exactly true because there are many things they pull off that are actually genuine. Hooks law of elasticity or something that allows them to bring down a solid concrete wall by making afew small holes in the correct place, makes the wall very weak and unstable. Regardless of it being shown in a tv show I just want to know if anyone has even heard of such a theory as the one im explaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane_alien Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Like has already been said, its crap. A big clue to this is the Argon. its completely unreactive (barring a few exotic states when its forced to react with fluorine and those are useless for solar panels as the light would destroy them, hell, anything above 100K would destroy them). current promising methods of boosting PV efficiency are based more on carbon nanostructured surfaces to collect light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 As well as sodium and cadmium telluride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydoaPs Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Now unobtainium, THAT's the real deal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Well thats not exactly true because there are many things they pull off that are actually genuine. Hooks law of elasticity or something that allows them to bring down a solid concrete wall by making afew small holes in the correct place, makes the wall very weak and unstable. Regardless of it being shown in a tv show I just want to know if anyone has even heard of such a theory as the one im explaining. I'm afraid that i have to kill you now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mateus Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Bring me scylla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdEarl Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Anything big enough to see that is said to be 100% efficient is inevitably untrue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamBridge Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 (edited) Well, there are super fluids that are friction-less like liquid helium (http://phys.org/news91000719.html) and super conductors that have 0 resistance and nearly-weightless metal, it would not be impossible that Prison Break got the idea from asking an actual scientist if it is theoretically possible, or researching to find such technology is being developed. But Indium and gallium seem like weird metals to use, they are close to semi-metals and gallium being able to be liquid at room temperature has a somewhat unstable structure that inhibits electrons passing though it to some extent, I suppose there's this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconducting_wire But you need Vanadium, they probably only mentioned those elements so they could spell the word "bargain". Edited May 30, 2013 by SamBridge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdEarl Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Anything big enough to see that is said to be 100% efficient is inevitably untrue. If someone makes a room temperature superconductor, I will willingly print this statement out and eat my words. And, I won't waffle over the inefficient process of putting energy into and taking energy out of it. It will be at least as remarkable as the nearly-weightless metal, and important to both industry and science. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Di-hydrogen Oxide Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Scylla, Scylla aka "The Companies Little black book," I just watched that exact scene and did the same thing as you went on to see if it was real haha that's too funny, and this is the first post I saw on it. Great Minds think alike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.C.MacSwell Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Now unobtainium, THAT's the real deal! Great! Where can I get some? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endy0816 Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Great! Where can I get some? Pandora, they are also known for their music and jewelry selections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydoaPs Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Great! Where can I get some? Unfortunately, it's currently unobtainable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamlak Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 (edited) On 4/17/2010 at 8:48 PM, Scylla said: On 4/17/2010 at 8:48 PM, Scylla said: Cheers. Prison Break Huhh... Amazing Show! I don't think you can create a sustainable and renewable energy by harnessing the sun's solar power cells. Edited February 14, 2018 by Yamlak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 I haven't seen the show, and probably won't but I'm wondering what sot of plot device this BArGaIn is. My first guess would be that it's a MacGuffin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacGuffin But it occurreed to me that it's a bit specific for that. Is it one of these? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plot_device Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensei Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 There is known just a few Argon compounds. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argon_compounds As it's Noble gas, they're in majority extremely unstable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feeh Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Hu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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