Stretching a Crystal to Catch Sunlight (IMAGE)

Stanford University School of Engineering

Stretching a Crystal to Catch Sunlight

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This colorized image shows an ultra thin layer of semiconductor material stretched over the peaks and valleys of part of a device the size of a pinkie nail. Just three atoms thick, this semiconductor layer is stretched in ways enhance its electronic potential to catch solar energy. The image is enlarged 100,000 times.

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Hong Li, Stanford Engineering

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