Cheap solar cells

8/3/2014

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Technology Review (August 6) -- Stacking different semiconducting materials that collect different frequencies of light—could provide nearly as much of an increase in efficiency as any radical new design. And a new manufacturing technique, developed by MatSE professor John Rogers could soon make this approach practical. Semprius, co-founded by Rogers in 2006, is commercializing ultrahigh efficiency photovoltaic modules, and has sold units that are now in operation at 14 sites around the world.


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This story was published August 3, 2014.