In order to develop lower-cost, semiconductor materials for solar cells, the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and Dow Chemical Company have agreed to join together in a four-year contract.
The $4.2m project will aim at exploring the earth-abundant materials for solar-energy applications.
Initially, the focus will be on direct-bandgap semiconductor materials that make use of less costly and commonly available elements, that offer lower cost than those used in today’s thin-film photovoltaic (PV) semiconductors.
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