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Molecular View of a Solar Cell

Caption: This is a molecular view at an interface between two regions in a solar cell. Red circles are buckyball fullerenes and are mixed with the blue spagetti-like polymer which work together to convert light into electricity.

Credit: Image by Brian Collins for Advanced Energy Materials. Copyright Wiley & Sons. Used with permission.

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