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sun, earth, energy, climate change

solar cell _ blue light

solar cell #1 (blue in prison 1), 2012

field view size: 2.95 x 4.43 in

print: 46.1 x 69.1 in / 23 x 34,6 in

jail , prison

blue

Sun’s light

solar energy

light quanta

photon

electron

photovoltaic cell

polycrystalline silica

silicon semiconductor

microcrystals

clean energy

green energy

renewable energy

ecological energy

alternative energy

nanotechnology

quantum physics

photonics

photoelectric effect

materials science

materials engineering

clean technology

solar cell #2 (blue in prison 2), 2012

field view size: 0.65 x 0.97 in

print: 46.1 x 69.1 in / 23 x 34,6 in

jail , prison

blue

Sun’s light

solar energy

light quanta

photon

electron

photovoltaic cell

polycrystalline silica

silicon semiconductor

microcrystals

clean energy

green energy

renewable energy

ecological energy

alternative energy

nanotechnology

quantum physics

photonics

photoelectric effect

materials science

materials engineering

clean technology

solar cell #3 (landscape in blue 1), 2012

field view size: 0.18 x 0.12 in

print: 69.1 x 46.1 in / 34.6 x 23 in

landscape

blue

Sun’s light

solar energy

light quanta

photon

electron

photovoltaic cell

polycrystalline silica

silicon semiconductor

microcrystals

clean energy

green energy

renewable energy

ecological energy

alternative energy

nanotechnology

quantum physics

photonics

photoelectric effect

materials science

materials engineering

clean technology

solar cell #4 (landscape in blue 2), 2012

field view size: 0.039 x 0.059 in

print: 46.1 x 69.1in / 23 x 34,6in

landscape

blue

Sun’s light

solar energy

light quanta

photon

electron

photovoltaic cell

polycrystalline silica

silicon semiconductor

microcrystals

clean energy

green energy

renewable energy

ecological energy

alternative energy

nanotechnology

quantum physics

photonics

photoelectric effect

materials science

materials engineering

clean technology

solar cell #5, 2012

field view size: 0.029 x 0.044 in

print: 46.1 x 69.1 in / 23 x 34,6 in

Sun’s light

solar energy

light quanta

photon

electron

photovoltaic cell

polycrystalline silica

silicon semiconductor

microcrystals

clean energy

green energy

renewable energy

ecological energy

alternative energy

nanotechnology

quantum physics

photonics

photoelectric effect

materials science

materials engineering

clean technology

solar cell #6, 2012

field view size: 0.012 x 0.017 in

print: 46.1 x 69.1 in / 23 x 34,6 in

Sun’s light

solar energy

light quanta

photon

electron

photovoltaic cell

polycrystalline silica

silicon semiconductor

microcrystals

clean energy

green energy

renewable energy

ecological energy

alternative energy

nanotechnology

quantum physics

photonics

photoelectric effect

materials science

materials engineering

clean technology

solar cell #7, 2012

field view size: 0.012 x 0.017 in

print: 46.1 x 69.1 in / 23 x 34,6 in

cyan / green

Sun’s light

solar energy

light quanta

photon

electron

photovoltaic cell

polycrystalline silica

silicon semiconductor

microcrystals

clean energy

green energy

renewable energy

ecological energy

alternative energy

nanotechnology

quantum physics

photonics

photoelectric effect

materials science

materials engineering

clean technology

solar cell #8, 2012

field view size: 0.012 x 0.017 in

print: 46.1 x 69.1 in / 23 x 34,6 in

magenta / blue

Sun’s light

solar energy

light quanta

photon

electron

photovoltaic cell

polycrystalline silica

silicon semiconductor

microcrystals

clean energy

green energy

renewable energy

ecological energy

alternative energy

nanotechnology

quantum physics

photonics

photoelectric effect

materials science

materials engineering

clean technology

solar cell #9, 2012

field view size: 0.012 x 0.017 in

print: 46.1 x 69.1 in / 23 x 34,6 in

yellow / red

Sun’s light

solar energy

light quanta

photon

electron

photovoltaic cell

polycrystalline silica

silicon semiconductor

microcrystals

clean energy

green energy

renewable energy

ecological energy

alternative energy

nanotechnology

quantum physics

photonics

photoelectric effect

materials science

materials engineering

clean technology

solar cell #10 (city in blue), 2012

field view size: 0.012 x 0.017 in

print: 46.1 x 69.1 in / 23 x 34,6 in

city , blue

Sun’s light

solar energy

light quanta

photon

electron

photovoltaic cell

polycrystalline silica

silicon semiconductor

microcrystals

clean energy

green energy

renewable energy

ecological energy

alternative energy

nanotechnology

quantum physics

photonics

photoelectric effect

materials science

materials engineering

clean technology

solar cell #11, 2012

field view size: 0.0087 x 0.0058 in

print: 69.1 x 46.1 in / 34.6 x 23 in

blue-red

Sun’s light

solar energy

light quanta

photon

electron

photovoltaic cell

polycrystalline silica

silicon semiconductor

microcrystals

clean energy

green energy

renewable energy

ecological energy

alternative energy

nanotechnology

quantum physics

photonics

photoelectric effect

materials science

materials engineering

clean technology

solar cell #12, 2012

Field View Size: 0.012 x 0.017 in

print: 46.1 x 69.1 in / 23 x 34,6 in

Sun’s light

solar energy

light quanta

photon

electron

photovoltaic cell

polycrystalline silica

silicon semiconductor

microcrystals

clean energy

green energy

renewable energy

ecological energy

alternative energy

nanotechnology

quantum physics

photonics

photoelectric effect

materials science

materials engineering

clean technology

solar cell_ blue light

This form of energy arrives at our doorstep in astronomical quantities (1000 W/m²), inexhaustibly and free of cost from our very own star.

 

The Sun, one million kilometers in diameter and as large as one million earths, is an enormous nuclear reactor consuming millions of tons of fuel every second, and emitting inconceivably large amounts of energy into space.

Only one tiny fraction reaches our planet (less 

than 0.002%), but its influence enables 

our survival and progress.

 

Humans have created a device to harness this energy and transform it into electricity. It comes freely and yet we mostly ignore it and waste it. This clean and renewable energy would probably enable us to take better care of our planet and ourselves.

 

In the first images of this series, it is

trapped behind bars.

Magic crystals capture the photons hitting their surface after traveling from the nuclear reactor in the sky, and transform its light into a flow of electrons. Their spatial arrangement forms microstages, traps for light quanta generating electricity with every ray of sunshine.

 

 

Antonio Romero

Sun’s light,

solar energy,

light quanta,

photon,

electron,

photovoltaic cell,

polycrystalline silica,

silicon semiconductor,

microcrystals,

clean energy,

green energy,

renewable energy,

ecological energy,

alternative energy,

nanotechnology,

quantum physics,

photonics,

photoelectric effect,

materials science,

materials engineering,

clean technology

The caption of each work are displayed on the pdf (sun_earth_energy_climate_change_a_romero_2017.pdf) of this project. Please email me for further information.

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