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Passive optical concentrator could boost solar-cell efficiency

29 Jul 2022
Photo of researcher Nina Vaidya holding an optical concentrator under a machine that is emitting bright, white light
Shine on: Nina Vaidya measures the experimental performance of optical concentrators under a solar simulator that acts as an artificial Sun. (Courtesy: Nina Vaidya)
A new optical lens harvests and concentrates scattered light from multiple directions without any mo

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