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December 12, 2015

New approaches for hybrid solar cells
Munich, Germany (SPX) Dec 10, 2015
Using a new procedure researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Ludwig Maximillians University of Munich (LMU) can now produce extremely thin and robust, yet highly porous semiconductor layers. A very promising material - for small, light-weight, flexible solar cells, for example, or electrodes improving the performance of rechargeable batteries. The coating on the wafer that Professor Thomas Fassler, chair of Inorganic Chemistry with a Focus on Novel Materials at TU Munich, ... read more

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