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Nature Photonics 2, 72 - 73 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nphoton.2007.288
Solar cells: Slicing and dicing photons
Randy Ellingson1
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Randy Ellingson is at the Center for Chemical Sciences and Biosciences at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA.
e-mail: Randy_Ellingson@nrel.gov
Abstract
Solar cells take advantage of our most abundant source of energy, the Sun. A technique that improves the conversion of photons to electrons could potentially lead to a dramatic improvement in device efficiency.
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