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New plastic solar cell introduced

Schematic diagram of the elements used in a polymer-embedded silicon wire array. Image: Caltech

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have developed a way to create solar panels with three valuable qualities: They are very good at absorbing light They are mostly made of cheap plastic and only use a very small amount of expensive semiconductors They are flexible How do they do that? At a microscopic level, the surface of their new solar … [Read more...]

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