Blue Opalescence of a Highly Poprous Germanium Nanofilm (IMAGE)

Technical University of Munich (TUM)

Blue Opalescence of a Highly Poprous Germanium Nanofilm

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Filled with suitable organic polymers the highly porous germanium nanofilm becomes a hybrid solar cell. Because the germanium nanostructure forms an inverse opal-structure, the material shimmers like opal.

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Andreas Battenberg / TUM

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