New Semiconducting Material (IMAGE)

University of Chicago

New Semiconducting Material

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University of Chicago chemists Luping Yu (right) and Yongye Liang display a new material they synthesized called PTB1. The University of Chicago has licensed the material to Solarmer Energy Inc., which is developing plastic solar cells for portable electronic devices.

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Photo by Lloyd DeGrane

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