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Published February 9, 2007 | public
Journal Article

Toward Cost-Effective Solar Energy Use

Abstract

At present, solar energy conversion technologies face cost and scalability hurdles in the technologies required for a complete energy system. To provide a truly widespread primary energy source, solar energy must be captured, converted, and stored in a cost-effective fashion. 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.

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© 2007 American Association for the Advancement of Science. Supported by the U.S. Department of Energy and NSF.

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