Science news articles about 'element germanium'

... way to slice thin wafers of the chemical element germanium for use in the most efficient type of solar power ... efficiency of 20 percent, Fines says. In space, germanium solar cells typically convert 28 ...

... separation method. Tests of one form of the family of materials -- this one composed of the heavy elements germanium, lead and tellurium -- showed it to be approximately four times more selective at ...