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Advanced electrical conductors that outperform copper and aluminum can revolutionize our lives, enabling billions of dollars in energy savings and facilitating a transition to an electric mobility future. Nanocarbons (carbon nanotubes and…
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Carbon based optoelectronic devices promise to revolutionize modern integrated circuits by combining outstanding electrical and optical properties into a unified technology. By coupling nanoelectronic devices to nanophotonic structures…
Carbon materials are excellent candidates for photovoltaic solar cells: they are Earth-abundant, possess high optical absorption, and superior thermal and photostability. Here we report on solar cells with active layers made solely of…
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