Nanostructure-enhanced solar cells reported by Nic Hylton

The structures have been likened to LEGO

Aluminium nanostructures have been shown to enhance solar cell efficiency

Nic Hylton publishes his work on enhancing solar cells with nanostructured metals in Scientific Reports and delivers the results in a plenary presentation at the 28th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference in Paris.

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http://www.nature.com/srep/2013/131007/srep02874/full/srep02874.html

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Nicholas Hylton

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