World's First All-Carbon Solar Cell Built at Stanford

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World's First All-Carbon Solar Cell Built at Stanford

© Mark Schwartz One drawback of solar PV cells is the need for expensive or scarce materials to build them, but a recent breakthrough at Stanford University may help to circumvent that by using carbon for components, which is abundant and inexpensive. Researchers built an experimental thin-film solar cell prototype by coating materials with carbon from solution, which may have a big future impact, especially in applications for flexible solar cells, such as on windows or buildings. "Carbon has the potential to deliver high performance at a low cost. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of a working solar cell that has all of the components made of carbon." - Zhenan Bao, professor and senior author of the study The process that the team developed for coating the solar cells is also a big step forward in solar cell technology, as they were able to bu...

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