Lasers Etch a 'perfect' Solar Energy Absorber (IMAGE)

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Lasers Etch a 'perfect' Solar Energy Absorber

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Rochester professor Chunlei Guo and his team have developed a technique that can be used to collect sunlight to heat etched metal surfaces like the one featured here, which can then power an electrical generator for solar power

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by Sohail A. Jalil, Bo Lai, Mohamed ElKabbash, Jihua Zhang, Erik M. Garcell, Subhash Singh & Chunlei Guo

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