'A Black Hole for Light' (IMAGE)

Princeton University, Engineering School

'A Black Hole for Light'

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A conventional solar cell, left, reflects light off its surface and loses light that penetrates the cell. New technology, right, develop by Princeton professor Stephen Chou and colleagues in electrical engineering, prevents both types of loss and is much thinner.

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Illustration by Dimitri Karetnikov

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