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Neat News 2016-179 (added 2016-06-27)

New Material for Solar Cells

© Christopher Eames et al. [CC BY 4.0]

Silicon is the standard material to produce solar cells, it is expensive to produce from sand, heavy, and has only a limited efficiency. A carbon based material, perovskite, is superior on these three criteria. Further research is needed to explore potential disadvantages and its durability.

News seen at: Scientific American - Tech

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