There's a good article over at the conversation on the use of graphene in long wavelength light detectors, with an overview of the research that led to the implementations under consideration.
The article is written by Professor Michael Fuhrer, a physics professor involved in the research, so there's a reasonable level of detail. In addition, Professor Fuhrer appears to be responding directly to several questions in the comments section of the article.
An interesting aspect of this article in particular is how it underlines the value of the research process.
But had we never set out to investigate a new material simply for the sake of understanding how it works, we never would have discovered these new answers to the question, “what is it good for?”
(Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Monday September 08 2014, @02:39PM
Sure, why not, it's not like we want the planet to get any cooler.
systemd is Roko's Basilisk
(Score: 2) by SlimmPickens on Monday September 08 2014, @09:56PM
I'm sure it would be difficult to send that power back in a way that's less thermally efficient then a terrestrial thermal power plant. I'm guessing it could even be superior to some renewables.