Jenny Nelson, “Harnessing the Sun” (Open Agenda, 2021)
New Books in Science, Technology, and Society
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Silicin Is Not Ideal for Solar Energy Conversion
Silican was developed very sively for micho electronics. Everything, every solid state electronic, the whole industry is based on silican an. The first decent solar cale was made from silican. So there's no no issue in sort of, rar materials for forsilicin. I mean, there will be silicon on earth, orr, forever, possibly longer. Then there are people, you know, m and and, and the nohow is already there, how to process it, and and so on.
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