Molecular View of a Solar Cell (IMAGE)

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Molecular View of a Solar Cell

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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.

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Image by Brian Collins for <I>Advanced Energy Materials</I>. Copyright Wiley & Sons. Used with permission.

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