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A Modern History of MaterialsHere Comes the Sun

A Modern History of Materials: Here Comes the Sun [One undeniable reason for supporting the development of solar cells is the enormous amount of energy that comes from the Sun each and every day. Every year we use a total of 410 quintillion joules of energy. Every hour we receive 430 quintillion joules of energy from the Sun. So, we get more energy from the Sun in 1 h than the world’s population uses in an entire year. While the first photovoltaic cells were dominated by silicon, recent research has identified other materials that can capture an even greater fraction of the sun’s energy for higher efficiency devices.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
ISBN
978-3-031-23989-2
Pages
127 –146
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-23990-8_7
Publisher site
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Abstract

[One undeniable reason for supporting the development of solar cells is the enormous amount of energy that comes from the Sun each and every day. Every year we use a total of 410 quintillion joules of energy. Every hour we receive 430 quintillion joules of energy from the Sun. So, we get more energy from the Sun in 1 h than the world’s population uses in an entire year. While the first photovoltaic cells were dominated by silicon, recent research has identified other materials that can capture an even greater fraction of the sun’s energy for higher efficiency devices.]

Published: Feb 12, 2023

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