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Flexible silicon solar cells with high power-to-weight ratios
Silicon solar cells are a mainstay of commercialized photovoltaics, and further improving the power conversion efficiency of large-area and flexible cells remains an important research objective^(1,2). Here we report a combined approach to improving the power conversion efficiency of silicon heterojunction solar cells, while at the same time rendering them flexible. We use low-damage continuous-plasma chemical vapour deposition to prevent epitaxy, self-restoring nanocrystalline sowing and...
Mysterious artifacts suggest modern humans and Neanderthals lived side by side for millennia
Hunters of our species braved cold, harsh conditions as they pushed into ice age Europe