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Cheap III-V Thin Film Production Method Developed at Berkeley

Posted on the 26 July 2013 by Dailyfusion @dailyfusion
UC Berkeley engineers could help make high-end solar cells, currently used in satellites and other space and military applications, affordable for consumers. (Credit: Flickr @ Ryan Somma http://www.flickr.com/photos/ideonexus/)

Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed an inexpensive method of growing thin films of a material prized in the photovoltaic and semiconductor industries, an achievement that could make high-end solar panels affordable to a much larger range of consumers. Read more »



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