Slicing Solar Power Costs: New Method Cuts Waste In Making Most Efficient Solar Cells
Monday, September 15, 2008 - 19:28
in Physics & Chemistry
Engineers have devised a new way to slice thin wafers of the chemical element germanium for use in the most efficient type of solar power cells. They say the new method should lower the cost of such cells by reducing the waste and breakage of the brittle semiconductor.
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