Toward Cost-Effective Solar Energy Use

Nathan S. Lewis · Science · 2007

Summary

New developments in nanotechnology, biotechnology, and the materials and physical sciences may enable step-change approaches to cost-effective, globally scalable systems for solar energy use.

Type: article
Published: 2007-02-09
Cited by: 2,264
References: 17
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1137014
PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17289986/
OpenAlex: https://openalex.org/W2052989605
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Keywords

Solar energy, Scalability, Energy cost, Computer science, Energy transformation

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