"We are looking to the long run. If we are to meet the targets for terawatts of solar power required by, say, 2050, we need as many ways of getting photovoltaic energy out that are low-cost - and this is one of the pathways towards doing that," reasons Darling.
Nanotubular belles
A breakthrough development in photovoltaic (PV) cell nanotechnology at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) has scientists looking forward to the possibility of manufacturing solar panels that generate electricity more cheaply and more efficiently than the present crop of conventional crystalline silicon (cSi) or cadmium telluride PV cells.
19 November 2009 23:00 GMT
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25 November 2012 11:54 GMT
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