An iron complex has been made that has a long-lived excited state and emits light at room temperature as a result of a charge-transfer process. This breakthrough might allow the production of cheap solar cells. See Letter p.695
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Castellano, F. Making iron glow. Nature 543, 627–628 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/543627a
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