If different materials, textures and shapes are used in solar cells, the technology could produce more efficient electricity, a campus research group has found.
Research conducted by Eli Yablonovitch, a campus professor of electrical engineering and computer science, and graduate student Owen Miller showed that reimagining the construction of solar cells could increase the percentage of absorbed light that is converted into electricity.
“The world of solar cells needs more efficiency,” Yablonovitch said. “One of the reasons why there are problems today is because they are based on a technology that is not capable of (its) full potential.”
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