Researchers have developed a solar cell made entirely of
carbon, an inexpensive substitute for the pricey materials used in conventional
solar panels.
Stanford University scientists have built the first solar
cell made entirely of carbon, a promising alternative to the expensive
materials used in photovoltaic devices today. The results are published in
today's online edition of the journal ACS Nano.
"Carbon has the potential to deliver high performance
at a low cost," said study senior author Zhenan Bao, a professor of
chemical engineering at Stanford.
"To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of a
working solar cell that has all of the components made of carbon. This study
builds on previous work done in our lab."
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