Highly absorbing, flexible solar cells with silicon wire arrays created

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 15:07 in Physics & Chemistry

Using arrays of long, thin silicon wires embedded in a polymer substrate, scientists have created a new type of flexible solar cell that enhances the absorption of sunlight and efficiently converts its photons into electrons. The solar cell does all this using only a fraction of the expensive semiconductor materials required by conventional solar cells.

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