New solar power material converts 90 percent of captured light into heat

http://phys.org/news/2014-10-solar-power-material-percent-captured.html

A multidisciplinary engineering team at the University of California, San Diego developed a new nanoparticle-based material for concentrating solar power plants designed to absorb and convert to heat more than 90 percent of the sunlight it captures. The new material can also withstand temperatures g…