Light-absorbing nanowires may make better solar panels
Tuesday, July 7, 2009 - 16:49
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- A century after German physicist Gustav Mie derived the math to explain why the colors in some stained glass windows look especially resplendent in the sunlight, a team of Stanford engineers has built upon his work to potentially improve a means of harvesting energy from the sun.