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Article: Innovative solar cell mimics photosynthesis: a 'leaf-inspired' PV cell design offers the possibility of inexpensively converting solar to chemical and electrical energy.(PHOTONICS)
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- November 1, 2006
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The U.S. alone uses about 30 trillion kilowatt-hours of energy each year, and with energy usage in other regions of the world rapidly growing, it is clear that developing alternative sources is imperative. Each square meter at mid-latitude locations in the U.S. receives 4 to 5 kilowatt-hours of solar energy per day; so tapping into that energy source seems an obvious path to alleviate energy shortages. But traditional methods of capturing solar energy are expensive to generate and deploy. For 15 years now, researchers around the world have been improving the efficiency and manufacturability of a non-traditional approach: the dye-sensitized solar cell. Their efforts are ...
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