1. Let There NOT Be Light!
- Author
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Poor, Alfred
- Subjects
PHOTOVOLTAIC power generation ,SOLAR energy ,ELECTRICITY ,THIN films ,SILICON - Abstract
The article discusses the an application of photovoltaic conversion of sunlight into electricity. It states that the more light that can be trapped and goes to the photovoltaic device, the efficiency the device will be. It mentions how researchers from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, headed by Shawn-Yu Lin developed a system using different thin film layers on a silicon substrate.
- Published
- 2009